US tech giant Google recently adopted a “differential treatment” for the name label of Lake Ontario on its digital map: in Canada, Lake Ontario is shown, while in the US it shows “American Lake.” On August 30, a social media post posted by Google showed that Google changed the name of Lake Ontario according to the US Geographic Names Information System: “American Lake” for users in the US, Lake Ontario for users in Canada, and two names at the same time for users outside of the US and Canada.

US tech giant Google recently adopted a “differential treatment” for the name label of Lake Ontario on its digital map: in Canada, Lake Ontario is shown, while in the US it shows “American Lake.” On August 30, a social media post posted by Google showed that Google changed the name of Lake Ontario according to the US Geographic Names Information System: “American Lake” for users in the US, Lake Ontario for users in Canada, and two names at the same time for users outside of the US and Canada.