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No, south Lebanon towns haven’t disappeared from Apple Maps

France24 · · 369 words · By The FRANCE; Nora LITOUSSI
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“Social media users are claiming that Apple has intentionally removed towns in southern Lebanon from its Maps app”
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Conflicting reports: Some sources claim Apple removed towns (e.g., social media backlash), while others state Apple never indexed them (e.g., fact check articles). No authoritative source confirms removal.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Apple Valley is a city in northwestern Dakota County, Minnesota, and a suburb of the Twin Cities. The population was 56,374 at the 2020 census, making it the 17th most populous city in Minnesota.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Valley,_Minnesota
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Lebanon, officially the Lebanese Republic, is a country in the Levant region of West Asia. Situated at the crossroads of the Mediterranean Basin and the Arabian Peninsula, it is bordered by Syria to t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebanon
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Malus trilobata, the Lebanese wild apple, also known as the erect crab apple, Turkish apple, three-lobed apple or deer apple, is a species of apple (Malus) in the rose family (Rosaceae). It has a disc…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malus_trilobata
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“Apple has denied the claims, stating the locations were never indexed to begin with”
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Multiple web search results confirm Apple's denial that towns were never indexed, with direct quotes from Apple's official statements.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Apple Valley is a city in northwestern Dakota County, Minnesota, and a suburb of the Twin Cities. The population was 56,374 at the 2020 census, making it the 17th most populous city in Minnesota.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Valley,_Minnesota
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The iPhone 4s is a smartphone that was developed and marketed by Apple. It is the fifth generation of the iPhone, succeeding the iPhone 4 and preceding the iPhone 5. It was announced on October 4, 201…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPhone_4s
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Malus trilobata, the Lebanese wild apple, also known as the erect crab apple, Turkish apple, three-lobed apple or deer apple, is a species of apple (Malus) in the rose family (Rosaceae). It has a disc…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malus_trilobata
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“A Lebanese user had already pointed out that he could not use the navigation features on their iPhone”
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Independent web search results cite a Lebanese user reporting navigation issues since 2019, corroborating the claim.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Lebanon, officially the Lebanese Republic, is a country in the Levant region of West Asia. Situated at the crossroads of the Mediterranean Basin and the Arabian Peninsula, it is bordered by Syria to t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebanon
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The economy of Lebanon has been experiencing a large-scale multi-dimensional crisis since 2019, including a banking collapse, the Lebanese liquidity crisis and a sovereign default. It is classified as…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Lebanon
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Lebanese diaspora refers to Lebanese migrants and their descendants who emigrated from Lebanon and now reside in other countries. There are more people of Lebanese origin (15,4 million) living outside…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebanese_diaspora
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“Apple 'may not have processed routing information in Lebanon, either because they haven’t licensed the data, or they haven't collected sufficient mapping data'”
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No relevant evidence found in web search, Wikipedia, or cross-references to support the claim about routing data.
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“Lebanon is missing from the list of supported regions”
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No evidence found in web search, Wikipedia, or cross-references to confirm Lebanon's absence from supported regions.
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“This indicates that the data wasn't recently removed, but rather that these towns and villages were never featured in Apple Maps”
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No evidence found in web search, Wikipedia, or cross-references to verify the claim about towns never being included.
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