Google no longer lets users leave reviews for the Gulf of America after the company updated its maps to comply with the U.S. Geological Survey’s Geographic Names Information System.

The Gulf of America’s listing on Google Maps says that it does not allow reviews. The company wrote in the details that “some types of places are more likely to receive posts, like reviews, that violate Google’s policies. To prevent this, Google has turned off posting.”

The most recent review of the Gulf of America is from a month ago, before the body of water’s name change. The Trump administration mandated the new name, along with the reversion of Denali in Alaska back to Mount McKinley upon taking office, prompting the GNIS change and with it the Google Maps update.

The change prompted backlash against Google in the form of review-bombing, according to Forbes.

A company spokesperson told the publication that “we regularly put protections on places during times when we anticipate an uptick of contributions that are off-topic or unrelated to someone’s direct experience with the place.”

In other countries where the body of water is known as the Gulf of Mexico, Google users see that name. Users in countries without a designated preferred name see both names.

Other map systems, including Microsoft’s Bing search engine and Apple Maps, also now display the Gulf of America by its new name.

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum had previously asked Google to only implement the name change to the area extending 12 nautical miles from the U.S. coastline that is under U.S. jurisdiction and to otherwise keep it as the Gulf of Mexico.

She also asked that a swathe of North America previously called “America Mexicana” in a 17th-century map and the 1814 Constitution of Apatzingan drafted during the country’s war of independence be given that designation on Google Maps.

• Brad Matthews can be reached at bmatthews@washingtontimes.com.