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How to get the Pride rainbow flag reaction on Facebook

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Newspaper | Telegraph
Date | 12.6.2017
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | diversity, emojis, Facebook
Summary | Facebook added a temporary rainbow flag emoji to celebrate Pride month. The flag emoji joined the other reaction buttons.
Image Description | Screenshot of Facebook's reactions, people's tweets about the flag, Google search bar with the word 'lgbt'.
Image Tags | Facebook, Google, Twitter

Emojis on council tax bills: Council puts crying face on residents' statements

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Newspaper | Telegraph
Date | 14.12.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | emojis, language threat, law, politeness
Summary | Lambeth citizens are getting emojis on their tax correspondence with their local authorities. To be exact: crying face emojis. One resident tweeted her tax calculations with a crying face emoji next to het balance due. Many find this distasteful since many people struggle to pay their taxes and emojis are just inappropriate for government communication. Emojis are one of the fastest growing languages ever recorded in history and they have surpassed their precursors, Egyptian hieroglyphs, which took centuries to develop.
Image Description | Tweet showing the tax document with emoji.
Image Tags | emojis, Twitter

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