Workers on Google's outsourced maps team say they alter maps based not just on history and local laws but also on whims of diplomats and Google executives (Greg Bensinger/Washington Post)

Greg Bensinger / Washington Post:
Workers on Google's outsourced maps team say they alter maps based not just on history and local laws but also on whims of diplomats and Google executives  —  The Silicon Valley firm alters maps under political pressure and the inscrutable whims of tech executives

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