{
  "id": 4445021,
  "title": "Google Maps will show ‘Lake America’ in US, not ‘Lake Ontario’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/30/google-maps-will-show-lake-america-in-us-not-lake-ontario-4445021",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-30T14:37:13.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Malaysia Today",
    "slug": "free-malaysia-today",
    "url": "https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/world/2026/08/30/google-maps-will-show-lake-america-in-us-not-lake-ontario"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Google Maps is updating its US-based version to display the lake once known as Lake Ontario under a new name: Lake America. The change is in response to President Donald Trump's executive order, which aims to rename the lake as part of an ongoing trade dispute with Canada. However, this US-centric renaming does not affect how Canadians or anyone outside the region refer to the lake. Google Maps will continue to show Lake Ontario for its Canadian users and both names for international users. The White House and various state offices have not commented on the decision. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and the Premier of Ontario, Doug Ford, have both publicly rejected the name change, with Ford emphasizing that the rest of the world will continue to call it Lake Ontario.",
  "summary": "Google said the decision to change the name was made to reflect President Donald Trump's executive order renaming the lake.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Investing.com",
        "title": "Google Maps will show ’Lake America’ in US, not ’Lake Ontario’",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/30/google-maps-will-show-lake-america-in-us-not-lake-ontario",
        "published": "2026-08-30T14:06:35.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Google Maps will show ‘Lake America’ in US, not ‘Lake Ontario’",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/30/google-maps-will-show-lake-america-in-us-not-lake-ontario-4448202",
        "published": "2026-08-30T14:37:13.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}