Google had to publicly clarify a controversy related to the name of a lake, in a case that pitted the names "Lake Ontario" and "Lake America" against each other. The technology company was forced to intervene after a request to change the name that generated public discussion.
The name change arose as a consequence of an executive order signed by the former president of the United States, Donald Trump. This order is said to have been the origin of an internal process that led to the temporary change of the lake's name.
Google's intervention served to clarify which official designation should be used, in a process that involved political pressure and media attention. The company needed to explain the process that led to the change and what motivated its reversal or maintenance.
