Google seems to be a part of one of the world's oldest and longest drawn conflict. Google sparked a big outrage online when it was found that Palestine is not labeled on Google Maps.
Palestinian journalists slammed Google for making "failed attempt" aimed at " falsifying history and geography".
A petition, drafted by Zak Martin on Change.org entitled "Google : Put Palestine on your maps" has already received 311,466 signatories as of Friday. The petition accuses Google Maps of “making itself complicit in the Israeli government’s ethnic cleansing of Palestine” either on intentionally or involuntarily.
United States has not recognized Palestine as a separate, independent state when 136 members of the United Nations recognized Palestine. Though Google is a US based incorporated company has every right to follow the US government regulations.
Google quickly puts the blame on a bug. A Google spokeswoman said: “There has never been a ‘Palestine’ label on Google Maps, however we discovered a bug that removed the labels for ‘West Bank’ and ‘Gaza Strip’. We’re working quickly to bring these labels back to the area.”
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Palestinian journalists slammed Google for making "failed attempt" aimed at " falsifying history and geography".
A petition, drafted by Zak Martin on Change.org entitled "Google : Put Palestine on your maps" has already received 311,466 signatories as of Friday. The petition accuses Google Maps of “making itself complicit in the Israeli government’s ethnic cleansing of Palestine” either on intentionally or involuntarily.
United States has not recognized Palestine as a separate, independent state when 136 members of the United Nations recognized Palestine. Though Google is a US based incorporated company has every right to follow the US government regulations.
Google quickly puts the blame on a bug. A Google spokeswoman said: “There has never been a ‘Palestine’ label on Google Maps, however we discovered a bug that removed the labels for ‘West Bank’ and ‘Gaza Strip’. We’re working quickly to bring these labels back to the area.”
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