Twitter Accidentally Allows 'No Homo' Emoji, Then Bans Prominent Gay Influencer For Using it
Twitter accidentally allowed the creation of a "No Homo" emoji this week — and then banned a prominent gay Twitter user for using it.
Jovan Hill was one of the hundreds of perplexed/angry/bemused/ people who discovered this week that Twitter users had access to a new emoji: the pride flag with a "no entry" symbol over it.
The so-called "no-homo emoji" quickly sparked debate on online, with many appalled such a thing existed, but just as many seeing the funny side.
One very-obviously sarcastic tweet came from Jovan himself — whose 120k followers know he is part of the LGBTQ+ community — posting "GAYS ARE CANCELLED SIS" flanked by several of the offending icons.
Just minutes later Jovan —- whose bio reads "Tryna be the gayest influencer" -— was banned from the social media platform... for spreading hate speech.
more...