Google Maps applies the order: Lake Ontario becomes "Lake America" for US users

South Africa

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The strictly limited scope camp · 5 of 7 countries

Pretoria is gauging the gap between the announcement and its actual scope: South African media outlets are detailing how Google itself is limiting the name change to only American users, while Canada is displaying its own banner.

Australia

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The strictly limited scope camp · 5 of 7 countries

Canberra is examining how Google is enforcing a US presidential decree, effectively making a private company the arbiter of the name of a lake shared between two sovereign states.

Canada

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Canada in resistance · 1 of 7 countries

Canada is disputing any extraterritorial scope of the decree, as several public Ontario sites inadvertently display the new American name.

United States

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The United States at the heart of the digital and commercial divide · 1 of 7 countries

The United States is witnessing an unprecedented rift between digital giants, with Google complying with the presidential decree, while Apple and MapQuest refuse to do so, a development that is drawing more attention than the Canadian opposition itself.

France

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The strictly limited scope camp · 5 of 7 countries

France distinguishes between the diplomatic gesture and the cartographic reality: the French press emphasizes that the new name, despite its impact, does not lead to any international recognition and remains, according to Google, limited to American users.

Portugal

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The strictly limited scope camp · 5 of 7 countries

Lisbon sees three different maps for the same lake depending on the user's geolocation, and notes that Google explicitly excludes any international recognition of the name change sought by the US government.

Singapore

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The strictly limited scope camp · 5 of 7 countries

Singapore distinguishes the legal scope of the decree from its actual scope: what the US imposes on its own maps does not extend to Canada or the rest of the world, Singapore's government emphasizes, citing Google's explanatory blog and the reaction of Doug Ford.