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Google declares U.S. ‘sensitive country’ like China, Russia after Trump's map changes

Following President Trump's declarations about changes to the map, Google employees were given the highest level of urgency to reclassify the U.S.

Google's maps division on Monday reclassified the U.S. as a "sensitive country," a designation it reserves for states with strict governments and border disputes, CNBC has learned. That's when the company announced it would change the name of the body of water between the Yucatan and Florida peninsulas to the "Gulf of America" in Google Maps after the Trump administration updates its "official government sources." Google's maps division on Monday reclassified the U.S. as a "sensitive country," a designation it reserves for states with strict governments and border disputes, CNBC has learned.

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