Apple takes a hard (and ironic) stance against the rifle emoji
Jun17
You can purchase a semi-automatic weapon in under 10 minutes, but it’s the rifle emoji we’re scared of. Unicode, the organization tasked with overseeing the selection of new emoji, decided that a rifle emoji wasn’t in our best interest after trying to decide which potential emoji would make the cut for a proposed Olympic-themed set. I’m not a gun fan so I can’t say I disagree with the decision — nor that I’d care if it were selected — but that doesn’t make it any less ironic. After all, it’s the harmless version we’re banning, while the one fully capable of killing…
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