Google Maps is ubiquitous. Changing place names — like the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of American — under political pressure and without user consent is dangerous. (Priscilla du Preez/Unsplash)

Is Google Maps brainwashing us? It might be if the theory of ‘extended cognition’ is correct

When compared to how common it is for the Google search engine to boost misinformation, changing the name of a body of water might not seem like a big deal. It is.

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