Nothing seems to be safe from what Gen Z wants to cancel, change or question (rightly and wrongly in certain cases it must be said) and a popular emoji can be added to that ever growing list.

and can use any emoji). Most people at work use the ‘thumbs up’ reaction all the time.” They went on, “I don’t use it much. I ...

Similar to a video call in Google Meet, the WhatsApp beta only presents a handful of options, like the thumbs-up emoji or heart emoji. Both the hand-raising option and emoji reactions are tucked ...

the majority of people between the ages of 16 and 29 believe that you are “officially old” if you use thumbs up or heart emoji. The OK hand, green checkmark and poo emojis don’t fare too ...

Instead of a heart emoji, double-tapping a message now gives a thumbs-up emoji. It’s not uncommon for Google to fiddle around with the UI in the Messages app. For example, the company recently ...

The now-ubiquitous emoji was invented decades ago after its creator said he learned how much impact one heart symbol can exert ... but I ended up taking on the task of designing emojis myself ...