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There was a case[0] of a man in Turkey who was murdered because he sent a text message with a Turkish 'I'[1] and the recipient's phone didn't render it properly
by MrRadar 9y ago
There was a case[0] of a man in Turkey who was murdered because he sent a text message with a Turkish 'I'[1] and the recipient's phone didn't render it properly, causing the message to be interpreted as a grave insult. Emojis are inherently ambiguous (especially since each platform renders each emoji slightly differently) and it could be easy to see similar situations to come up with emojis.
[0]: https://gizmodo.com/382026/a-cellphones-missing-dot-kills-two-people-puts-three-more-in-jail https://gizmodo.com/382026/a-cellphones-missing-dot-kills-tw...
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dotted_and_dotless_I https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dotted_and_dotless_I