German Media Announces List Of “Extreme Right Wing” Emojis - The Publica
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ARD, a coalition of Germany's regional broadcasters, has prompted backlash on social media after releasing a list of "extreme right wing" emojis. A graphic containing the list was uploaded to the media company's Instagram on May 31. The post was intended to "educate" viewers on social media literacy, warning them about certain emojis which may

“I hope there will be an identical post about the secret social media symbols of far left extremists. Because I don’t want to end up on the wrong pages,” one user wrote in response.

  • EmmaGoldman [she/her, comrade/them]M
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    1 year ago

    “Since when has the clown emoji been far-right extremist? Just ban all the words we use to criticize the woke,” columnist Anabel Schunke wrote. “Thank about it. RIGHT WING EXTREMIST. So as if you beat up foreigners and deny the Holocaust.”

    Yeah dude, criticizing people for being woke is totally a normal thing to worry about that definitely arose organically in Germany and has nothing to do with American right wing extremism. Totally innocent and legitimate.