Google to obey Seoul’s order to blur satellite images on maps

Maria Sandu

SEOUL Google said Tuesday that it would comply with the South Korean government's demand to blur sensitive satellite images on its mapping services, paving the way for the U.S. tech giant to compete better with local navigation platforms. South Korea is one of the few places in the world, like Russia and China, where Google Maps does not fully function. That is because South Korean laws require that companies store core geospatial data locally, something Google has long refused to do. As a

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