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Elon Musk ditched the water gun for a pistol emoji on X. It’s a worrying shot in the culture wars
But the emoji hadn’t depicted realistic guns for years. Until now. Broni calls the change one of the most significant updates to emoji design in years. Critics of the platform’s direction ...
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Apple Joins the Case Against Gun Violence with New Emoji
Follow her on Instagram @piavela_ Amid growing concerns over gun control in response to recent mass shootings in the U.S., Apple has decided to replace the deadly pistol emoji for a much ...
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Why Apple Removed The Gun Emoji
Most of them created realistic designs for the emoji, modeled after real-life pistols. While Microsoft’s looked more like a ray gun from a science fiction movie. But in iOS 10, Apple was the ...
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Netflix’s 'Adolescence' sparks warnings over hidden criminal meanings of emoji, could be used as evidence in court
In real-world cases, emoji have appeared in more than 1,000 legal proceedings in the US since 2010. Symbols such as the knife, gun, crown, and aubergine are increasingly used to communicate ...
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The next emoji update won't include a rifle because of Apple, report says
Credit: Mashable It's not clear exactly why Apple objected to the emoji but, as BuzzFeed points out, the characters had already faced criticism from gun control activists in the UK. Even though ...