Google Maps ranks the US as a “sensitive country”, a characterization used for states with strict governments and border disputes, according to a CNBC report.

The new sorting for the US was made after Donald Trump said his government would make names change on official maps and federal communications. These changes include renaming the Gulf of Mexico to “Gulf of America” ​​and the renaming of Mount Denali to Mount Mount Mount Mount.

Google’s mandate to stop characterizing the US as a “non -sensitive” country came on Monday, according to the internal correspondence seen by CNBC. It was then that the company announced that it would change the name of the Gulf of Mexico on its maps, as Trump announced.

The company’s decision to integrate the US into the list of sensitive countries depicts the challenges facing technology companies as they try to… navigate in the first days of Trump’s second presidency.

Since the beginning of the year, Meta, Tiktok, Amazon have adapted their products and policies, among other things, to reflect Trump’s political views and executive decrees.

Trump had a conflicting relationship with Silicon Valley during his first presidency and did not avoid criticizing the sector during his 2024 election campaign.

More recently, technology executives, including Google’s chief executive, sought closer ties with the US president, while major technology has stood by his swearing -in.

It is noted that the list of Google sensitive countries includes, among other things, the China, Russiathe Israel, Saudi Arabia and Iraq. The US and Mexico are new additions.

“Sensitive” classification is a technical configuration and means that some labels are different from other countries, a company spokesman told CNBC.