The watermelon emoji, meanwhile, gained traction as a symbol of protest on social media in 2021 after another outbreak of violence between Israel and Hamas.

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In addition to knowing the meaning of some important screen icons on iPhones, you'll benefit from learning exactly what these mysterious Android symbols are trying to tell you.

Yet also, in the social media content published since the high-profile case opened in September, the image of a simple purple disk: the 🟣 emoji. A purple dot, used to replace the word "rape ...