I don’t know why but it seemed a little bit hostile to me. A flurry of heated debate about the merits of a thumbs-up emoji ...

Who creates the symbols so many of us now use to communicate? How do they get on our phones? And why can’t we all agree on ...

First the thumbs up, now the smiley face. Young people have been urging everyone to stop using the ‘smiley’ emoji because it ...

Gen Z also called out the popular thumbs up emoji for being “rude” and “hostile”, even saying they feel attacked whenever they see it used in the workplace. “For younger people ...

You might be familiar with double-tap actions for messages on other popular social apps like Instagram where the gesture ...

“I find under these circumstances a [thumbs-up] emoji is an ‘action in electronic form’ that can be used to allow to express acceptance,” Justice Timothy Keene said at the time. His Honour went on to ...