Digital Discourse Database

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For this company, online surveillance leads to profit in Washington’s suburbs

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Newspaper | Washington Post
Date | 10.9.2017
Language | English
Country | U.S.
Topic Tags | emojis, privacy, social media, threat
Summary | Babel Street is a startup that uses online surveillance; they try to get private information from online platforms in order to catch cybercriminals. For instance, police departments might use the service provided by the company in their investigations and scan posts online. Experts try to track dangerous criminals while analyzing posts in more than 200 languages, including the emoji language. Emoji has actually been a challenge for analysts. Another challenge the company faces is to make sure sure it doesn't violate people's privacy.
Image Description | Photograph of a man standing in a news room in front of several TVs, and two other people.
Image Tags | female(s), male(s)

Test your millennial knowledge with this mindless, fun game

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Newspaper | Washington Post
Date | 6.8.2017
Language | English
Country | U.S.
Topic Tags | emojis, game
Summary | In the new app/game called "guess the emoji", users need to guess the meaning of emojis. Although the game is mindless and perhaps stupid, it is still fun.
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Steven Gerrard blasts Manchester City's Benjamin Mendy over 'disrespectful' crying emoji

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Newspaper | Mirror
Date | 13.8.2017
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | emojis
Summary | Benjamin Mendy mocked Lewis Dunk on social media. Steven Gerrard said that Mendy was being disrespectful when he posted "Bullet header" with three crying emojis.
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Chris Brown comments on one of Rihanna's smoking hot carnival Instagram posts and this is how her fans reacted

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Newspaper | Mirror
Date | 8.8.2017
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | emojis, Instagram
Summary | Chris Brown left a negative comment (side eye emoji) on one of Rihanna's Instagram posts and fans reacted to that "negativity".
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Animojis, facial recognition and no home button: How the new iPhone X features will work

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Newspaper | Telegraph
Date | 12.9.2017
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | emojis, smartphone
Summary | The new iPhone X includes new features: animoji (a face recognition software that allows users to create 3D animated emojis), and no home button.
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What is an Animoji? Apple leak reveals iPhone 8 feature that makes emojis based on your facial expressions

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Newspaper | Mirror
Date | 12.9.2017
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | emojis
Summary | Apple leak revealed a new feature of the new iPhones 8 and X: a facial recognition software that can makes animated emojis.
Image Description | Images of different emojis, 3D face, portraits of celebrities, photographs of the iPhone X box, videos of the iPhone X, and photographs of the new iPhone.
Image Tags | emojis, female(s), hand(s), male(s), smartphone

Can you really lodge official complaints using emojis?

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Newspaper | Mirror
Date | 17.9.2017
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | emojis
Summary | People don't always agree on what is appropriate when it comes to emoji usage. If people want to complaint about something, they should be able to express themselves the way the want. They should be able to send a letter, tweet, or even send an emoji, if they want to.
Image Description | Photograph of a hand holding a smartphone, fingers crossed emoji, woman using her phone and opening her mouth, three emojis.
Image Tags | emojis, female(s), hand(s), smartphone

Teacher sent girl nude photo with emoji on his groin'

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Newspaper | Daily Mail (UK)
Date | 24.8.2017
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | emojis, sexting
Summary | A teacher sent a 15-year-old student a naked picture of himself where he covered his genitals with an emoji.
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Apple's new iPhone X will let you control the POO EMOJI with your face

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Newspaper | Mirror
Date | 12.9.2017
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | emojis
Summary | Apple's iPhone X will introduce a new feature: it will let users control the poo emoji with their own face. This new technology can also be used for other things; this is why Apple created Animoji. Animoji tracks your expressions and can create 3D animated emojis that users can use in iMessages.
Image Description | Video of the iPhone X, and photograph of a man holding a phone and smartphone screen displaying the animated poo emoji.
Image Tags | emojis, male(s), smartphone

The world's oldest emoji has been discovered - and it's very, very old

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Newspaper | Mirror
Date | 19.7.2017
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | emojis
Summary | Archaeologists have found a pot vase from 2000 BC in Turkey, and were struck to see a smiling face painted on it. They think it could be the oldest emoji. They don't know why craftsmen painted the smiling face on the pitcher, though.
Image Description | Image of a big smiling emoji, photograph of the pitcher, and photograph of Professor Nikolo Marchetti.
Image Tags | emojis, male(s)

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