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Apple new anti gay flag emoji

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It is, in fact, a glitch and not an official Apple emoji however, that does not diminish the fact that it is offensive to copy and paste what would be deemed a hate symbol over the internet.Īt first, it was not apparent this was the case, but it is actually a unicode glitch, as several experts online have already explained.

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The initial reaction on social media was due to the public believing it was a new or official emoji. The emoji in question immediately went viral on a Twitter post.

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Understandably, it has garnered a fair bit of outrage from members of the LGBT community, as well as its allies. An anti-gay flag emoji has been circulating on Twitter and Instagram for a few days now.

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