Apple makes the rifle emoji retires

One of the problems the world is terrorism. It should be noted that currently Europe and parts of the United States are carrying out great records and controls in places with heavy traffic of people, such as train stations and airports to prevent incidents terrorist type.

Moreover, the misuse of weapons in America leads to incidents that could be avoided with the outlawing of firearms. This behavior requires US authorities to place weapons detectors in most schools in the country. What is the position of Apple in these situations?

Apple opposes the rifle emoji

Apple has managed to remove the emoji Rifle is among 72 new drawings that are in the new Unicode standard 9. This decision lies in the ideology of Apple and its opposition to any use of weapons or any allusion resulting in conflicts social.

Thus, according Buzzfeed , the firm promoting the Unicode standard has decided to withdraw due to the pressure of Cupertino. It is emphasized that the Californian firm is one of the most influential because of the amount of emoji being sent daily through their devices.

Meaning of rifle

According Unicode rifle is one of the sports that will be in the next Olympic Games. At first the company did not think that this emoji cause such a stir, but the decision of Tim Cook as support from Microsoft have forced it remove the famous emoji.

Finally it should be noted that the list of the 72 new emoji will be available from June 21.

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