A new claim about the Russia-Ukraine war came to the fore. According to the allegations on some websites, Google removed the censorship of Russian military installations that were said to be blurred so far in the Maps application and made them ‘visible’. So, do these claims have any truth to them?
Google, after the Kremlin’s invasion of Ukraine, from Russian users ads banned; Russian authorities accused Google of starting an “information war” when the company blocked Russian media on YouTube. While this tension between Google and Russia continues, a new claim has been made. It was claimed that Google made Russian military bases ‘visible’ in the Maps application. However, this information did not reflect the truth.
Google spokesperson Genevieve Park, who reached the US-based media organization The Verge about the issue, after the claim in question circulated on social media, “We did not make any changes to our satellite images of Russia. The circulating images were available on Google Maps long before the Ukrainian invasion.‘ he declared.
The information that Google has made Russian military zones visible to everyone is not true
In addition, Teyit.org had published its research that this information was unfounded before Google’s statement to The Verge, and shared the information that the relevant regions were not blurred in the images recorded on Google Maps before the invasion of Ukraine.
We apologize to our readers, who we misled, due to the fact that the news was prepared with a precise language and incomplete research. In order not to mislead you, we will take care to work more carefully in our news operations.
Source :
https://worldnewstimes.com/google-maps-removes-blurring-for-russias-military-sites/