Digital Discourse Database

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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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Teen job hopeful rejected with a smiley face text

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Newspaper | Daily Mail (UK)
Date | 10.2.2017
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | emojis, texting
Summary | A teenage girl received a text with a crying with laughter emoji after a job interview. The text said "It's a no", followed by the emoji. The girl said that the use of the laughing face emoji was rude and unprofessional.
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BBC celebrates the Bard...with emoji website!

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Newspaper | Daily Mail (UK)
Date | 22.1.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | emojis, language threat
Summary | The BBC wants to introduce Shakespeare to the Millennials while using emojis. However, people have been complaining and accusing the BBC of dumbing down Shakespeare's work for young people. On the website that the BBC launched, when people choose an emoji, one of Shakespeare's quotes appear. The quote is supposed to express the same feeling as the emoji.
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Court first as judge uses smiley face emoji in ruling

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Newspaper | Daily Mail (UK)
Date | 15.9.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | emojis
Summary | A judge included an emoji in an official court judgement related to two children.
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