So, who gets to vote on whether an emoji is included in that universal lexicon? There are currently 12 full voting members who pay $18,000 a year for the privilege. Nine of them are United States multinational tech companies: Oracle, IBM, Microsoft, Adobe, Apple, Google, Facebook, Shopify, and Netflix.
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The decision makers along the way are generally male, white, and engineers.
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Big Teach does not like Donkeys.
Demokratie ist Trumpf.
Finally.
Mundo Libre.
This map depicts an important new geopolitical boundary: being on and off of Facebook.
Rhine and Raj.
Reality check: There used to be a bus line London to Calcutta.
Freess.
A free press is indispensable for a functioning society of free citizens. Opponents of freedom try to discredit reliable news agencies by sowing doubt. The least we can do is spend time and effort to get informed by the news that talented and courageous journalists bring to us and that others do not want us to read.
Streik.
Nobody should have done anything "usual" yesterday.
Hauptsache.
Es geht nicht um Herkunft, Hautfarbe und Religion
Hauptsache, der Teig ist dünn; Hauptsache, Tomatensoße