The gun Emoji debate

Emojis can seem harmless, but depending on context, images can be interpreted as threats – a teen was arrested for putting a gun emoji next to an emoji of a police officer. Why are teens using a picture of a gun to express themselves? "I don't think of anything of it, because it's not like a real gun. It's just on a phone, like every other emoji."  Tylyn Hardamon talks about the phenomenon with his peers and a language expert, on Youth Radio.gun

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