Apple reportedly disarms rifle emoji movement
Apple, a member of the consortium along with tech giants like Google, Facebook and Microsoft, led the charge to remove the rifle emjoi, said BuzzFeed. The iPhone maker reportedly started the discussion and said it would not support a rifle emoji on its platforms.
No reason was given for the decision. But it comes amid renewed debate in the US over gun control in the wake of a Florida shooting that left 49 people dead. The shooter, who claimed an allegiance to the Islamic State, reportedly purchased his weapons legally.
Apple and the Unicode Consortium did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Unicode 9.0, which is set to be release later this month, will add 72 new emoji. The rifle emoji was a candidate as part of a set of Olympics-themed emojis. Fencer, water polo and boxing glove all made the emoji cut.
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