The only difference between an emoji and a written message is that it takes a little extra work for courts to prove what the message was meant to say. For example, sending the knife emoji to a ...

Ten emoji have been linked to violence, according to For Working Parents. Unsurprisingly, the water gun and knife refer to weapons, while the dynamite and pirate flag simply refer to crime in general.

An “idiot” Hamas supporter who threatened Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer with a knife emoji has been jailed for a year. Accountant and self-styled “keyboard warrior” Mohammed Nafees Ahmed ...