New Emoji is a Meaningful Symbol for Indigenous Australians
" he said, "and there wasn’t one for us." Twitter has been aware of calls for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander flag emoji for years, but adding one little emoji is trickier than it might seem.
that I think this is comparable, in the same way that all those flags are there for people to show pride in their flags,
Around the same time, a new emoji was quietly added to Twitter: the Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander flags.
@Emojipedia How can we get Australian Aboriginal Flag and Torres Strait Islander Flag added to a future emoji release??
In an interview, Mr. Thomas said the flag expressed both the future of the Aboriginal people and their past, which goes back more than 40,000 years.
" Mr. Thomas said. that The Aboriginal flag is central to our national identity,
After months of back and forth with Twitter, Mr. Thomas granted the social media company
permission to create the emoji, in time for the anniversary of the referendum.
