Social media users accused Apple Maps of erasing towns in southern Lebanon amid Israeli occupation – Apple says they were never featured on the platform.
It seems Apple does this in more than just one place, in “controversial” regions (read: where a powerful enough nation can declare a place doesn’t or shouldn’t exist)
it takes a couple minutes to test the claim and notice that the issue in affecting all Lebanon and not only the Southern region where israel is invading and leveling entire villages to the ground as they did in Gaza.
zooming in around the Lebanon border you notice instantly that a lot of information is missing as the background become white: https://i.imgur.com/L2p1j15.png
and following this clue, you soon notice that the same issue of missing labels is also happening in Syria: https://i.imgur.com/8p1ANAZ.png
I guess a good follow-up question might be what other regions aren’t on Apple Maps?
It seems Apple does this in more than just one place, in “controversial” regions (read: where a powerful enough nation can declare a place doesn’t or shouldn’t exist)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47749766
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