The social media platform redesigned the emoji to a version of the flag popular with opposition groups as anti-government ...

The flag of ousted dictator Bashar al-Assad's regime remains the standard emoji design across most, if not all platforms. But a new flag flies over Damascus and the rest of a now-free Syria. Scores of ...

The Islamic Republic of Iran’s foreign ministry account is reportedly among those affected, as the Shia-majority country’s ...

As protests fuelled by economic crisis spread across Iran, social media platform X replaced the country’s official flag emoji ...

X will replace Iran’s flag emoji with the pre-1979 lion-and-sun symbol, a politically charged move announced as internet ...

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Don't expect to see new flags in your phone's emoji any time soon. The Unicode Consortium has warned it will "no longer accept proposals" for flag emoji, regardless of category. They're more trouble ...