Up until recently, the Taiwanese flag emoji would crash Chinese iPhones[1]. > "Basically, Apple added some code to iOS with the goal that phones in China woul

Up until recently, the Taiwanese flag emoji would crash Chinese iPhones[1]. > "Basically, Apple added some code to iOS with the goal that phones in China wouldn't display a Taiwanese flag," Wardle says, "and there was a bug in that code." However, I don't believe it is fair to compare state censorship with an individual whose online reputation could prevent them from eating or having a roof over their head. [1] https://www.wired.com/story/apple-china-censorship-bug-iphone-crash-emoji/ https://www.wired.com/story/apple-china-censorship-bug-iphon...