New Mexico Democrats call on Apple, Google to keep state’s name on map

Democratic members of New Mexico's congressional delegation on Thursday appealed to Apple and Google to leave the state's official name unchanged on their mapping services. The lawmakers said they did not want the tech platforms to implement a renaming proposed publicly by President Trump. The president had on Sunday posted an image to Truth Social that showed the word "Mexico" crossed out on a map of the state and a replacement name suggested. That post prompted lawmakers to directly ask major map providers not to reflect the change on their platforms. Apple and Google operate widely used digital maps that many people rely on for navigation and reference. The lawmakers' request seeks to prevent those services from altering map labels in response to the president's social-media post, keeping the state's conventional name in place. No response from Apple or Google was reported in the material provided, and the lawmakers' statement was framed as a preemptive appeal to the companies to maintain existing geographic naming on their platforms.