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A Wired investigation found thatGoogle Maps can be virtually impossible to apply in the West Bank , especially since the head start of the war . substance abuser told the issue that the navigation app would direct them into walls , fail to account for time - consume checkpoint , or manoeuver them onto restrict roads leading to Israeli settlements , which can be grievous for Palestinian user to motor on .
Part of the result is inevitable in state of war : In battle , there ’s an increase of road checkpoint that can be difficult for any seafaring service to keep up with . to boot , a Google representative assure Wired that the company does not key between Israeli and Palestinian roads since that would require fuck the citizenship position of resident . The spokesperson also said that the company is constantly work to amend its West Bank services .
However , dozens of employee have reportedly tell Google leader to further improve the function services for Palestinians , and , as a current Google employee told Wired , many mass in the West Bank have stopped using Google Maps entirely .
