Google says Palestine was never on Google Maps after claims it had been 'airbrushed' awayAccusations online that Google had deleted Palestine from its Maps facility prompted the internet giant to explain that the country "has never been" on the service.
The row came after a glitch caused the West Bank and Gaza to briefly disappear from Google Maps.
Palestine, although recognised as a country by the United Nations, has never been on Google Maps. Instead of being demarcated with a solid line that denotes a country border, Google instead defines the Gaza Strip and the West Bank with a dashed border - the mark it uses to outline disputed territories.
Google was forced to explain that it doesn't define Palestine as a country separate from Israel on Maps after a petition signed by 250,000 people described the company's "airbrushing" of Palestine as "deeply offensive" and called for the internet giant to put Palestine on its map.
A glitch that briefly removed the labels for the West Bank and Gaza sparked outrage on social media, with people tweeting under the hashtag #PalestineIsHere. Read more over here:
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