> The choice of how and when to update any emoji flag design rests with platform owners like Google or Apple. [...] The related question is whether the internat

> The choice of how and when to update any emoji flag design rests with platform owners like Google or Apple. [...] The related question is whether the international community recognizes a Taliban flag as valid. Back in 2014 when ISIS invaded large parts of Iraq and Syria and declared a caliphate, this made me wonder what it would take for a new flag to be added. Of course there was no chance their flag would ever be added, but the decisions seem to be a bit more nuanced than just _international_ recognition. See for example the Taiwan flag emoji being hidden from the iOS keyboard in China and not even being rendered if someone looks it up somewhere else.[1] I could see something similar happening for the Afghan flag, where it would be rendered differently based on which countries recognize the Taliban as the legitimate rulers of Afghanistan (if they do end up taking power, which at this point seems likely). [1] https://blog.emojipedia.org/one-emoji-doesnt-show-on-ios-in-china/ https://blog.emojipedia.org/one-emoji-doesnt-show-on-ios-in-...