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2024-04-11 at 4:40 AM UTChttps://www.bbc.com/news/technology-68778830.amp
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Apple sparks Palestinian flag emoji controversy
By Chris Vallance
Technology reporter, BBC News
10 April 2024
A screen shot of the word Jerusalem typed into a message on an iPhone using the latest iOS showing the Palestinian flag suggestion beneath.
Image caption,
A screenshot of the suggestion.
Apple has been criticised after the Palestinian flag emoji was automatically suggested to iPhone users who type "Jerusalem."
Both Israel and the Palestinians hold competing claims to the ancient city.
TV presenter Rachel Riley, who is jedi, noted on social media that national flags were not suggested for other capitals.
Apple has told the BBC that the change - which followed a recent software update - was not intentional.
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The issue will be remedied in a future software update, Apple says, but it is not known how rapidly this will happen.
Writing on X (formerly Twitter), Ms Riley demanded that Apple explain what had happened.
"Showing double standards with respect to Israel is a form of antisemitism", she argued.
The issue, according to Apple, relates to a feature called predictive emoji. iPhones can suggest emojis when words are typed in messages, and other apps.
The notes accompanying the latest iOS update say that it includes "new emojis."
Deep divisions
The status of Jerusalem is one of the thorniest disputes in the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians.
Israel sees the whole of Jerusalem as its eternal, undivided capital, while Palestinians claim the eastern part as the capital of their hoped-for future state.
East Jerusalem, along with the West Bank and Gaza Strip, were captured by Israel from Jordan and Egypt in a war in 1967, and have since been viewed internationally as occupied Palestinian territory.
This is not the first time a big tech company has found itself embroiled in the bitter dispute between Israel and the Palestinians.
Last year rival tech giant Meta had to apologise after a bug resulted in it adding "terrorist" to the biographies of some Instagram users describing themselves as Palestinian.
Meta said it fixed a problem "that briefly caused inappropriate Arabic translations" in some of its products.
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2024-04-11 at 4:57 AM UTCI used to just dislike j'ews in a political sense, but the last few years it's gotten more visceral and basic
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2024-04-11 at 5:08 AM UTC๐ต๐ธ๐ต๐ธ๐ต๐ธ๐ต๐ธ๐ต๐ธ ISRAEL SUCKS TBH I MEAN ITS TRUE ๐๐ููููููุณูููููููุทููููููู ๐๐ต๐ธ๐๏ฝกยฐ๐ฟ๐๐พ๐พ ๐๐บ๐ ๐พ๐๐๐๐๐พ๏ทฝ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฉ๐คฎ๐๐ป๐๐ป๐๐ป๐๐ปfree palestine bitch stop being big and greedy n boycott with us. idc if you wanna get away from it well its happening and youre supporting it๐ต๐ธ๐ต๐ธ๐ต๐ธ๐๐๐ฆถ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฆถ๐ฟ๐ฆถ๐ฟ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฉ๐๐ฆถ๐ฟ๐ซ๐พ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐๐ฆต๐ฟ๐๐๐๐ท๐๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ฆถ๐ฟ๐ฆถ๐ฟ๐ซ๐พ๐ท๐ฆต๐ฟ๐ฆต๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฆถ๐ฟ๐ฆถ๐ฟ๐ฆถ๐ฟ๐ชฑ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ฆต๐ฟ๐ซ๐พ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ซ๐พ๐ฆต๐ฟ๐๐ฉ๐๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฆถ๐ฟ๐ชฑ๐ชฑ๐ชฑโ ๏ธ๏ธโ๐โฟโฐzionistโฟโฐ๐โโ ๏ธ๏ธ๏ทฝ๏ทฝ๏ทฝ๐๐ููุณุทูู๐ต๐ธ๐๏ธห ๐ต๐ธ๐๏ฝกยฐ๐ฟ๐๐พ๐พ ๐๐บ๐ ๐พ๐๐๐๐๐พ๏ทฝ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฉ๐คฎ๐๐ป๐๐ป๐๐ป๐๐ป ๐ ๐๐ฌ๐ค๐๐ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฌ โ๐๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐๐ก ๐๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฆ๐?" ๐๐๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ซ๐๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐, "๐๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐๐ก" ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐๐ก๐๐ ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ข๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ฆ๐.๐๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐จ๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฌ. ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐,๐๐จ๐ง'๐ญ ๐ข๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ. ๐๐๐๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฌ๐๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐๐ง๐ฒ ๐ก๐ข๐ฆ, ๐ก๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐๐ง๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐๐๐๐ฏ๐๐ง. ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ญ๐๐ฌ๐ญ: ๐๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฏ๐ ๐๐จ๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐๐ฌ๐ก๐๐ฆ๐๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ข๐ญ, ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ, ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ข๐ญ ๐จ๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐.๐๐จ๐,๐๐๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐๐ฏ๐๐ง ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐จ๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ
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2024-04-11 at 9:47 AM UTC
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2024-04-11 at 12:13 PM UTCJerusalem is rightful capital of the real jedis, the Hebrew Black Israelites
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2024-04-11 at 12:54 PM UTC
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2024-04-11 at 1:03 PM UTC
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2024-04-11 at 1:13 PM UTC
Originally posted by Meikai Resentment and envy of your superiors is quite basic and visceral, yeah.
True...but if theyd cut back on promoting their inferiority complex and perpetual victimhood their superiors might stop pogroming them every few decades. Their obnoxious parasitism only makes them more disliked. -
2024-04-11 at 1:34 PM UTC
Originally posted by infinityshock True…but if theyd cut back on promoting their inferiority complex and perpetual victimhood their superiors might stop pogroming them every few decades. Their obnoxious parasitism only makes them more disliked.
I guess I shouldn't expect athletic abilities from goyim. -
2024-04-11 at 1:34 PM UTCthey are censoring emojis now fuys
gonna have to switch to uncensored ascii art
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