An X employee tweeted about the change last week, noting that the gun emoji has returned to 'its rightful form' on the X website. It will happen on mobile 'soon,' says Elon Musk.

The World Emoji Day on July 17 marked the eleventh annual global celebration of the event. The subsequent day, July 18, marks the day X (Twitter) decided it was a good idea to revert the water gun ...

Years after Twitter replaced the pistol emoji with a green and orange water gun, X has decided to change it back to a regular handgun. An X employee announced the change in a post last week.

Originally, every firm showed the emoji as a firearm, except Microsoft, which designed it as a Buck Rogers-style ray gun. In 2016, however, Apple changed it from a firearm to a water pistol.

Elon Musk ditched the water gun for a pistol emoji on X. It’s a worrying shot in the culture wars The updated design might seem insignificant, but depicting real guns has real-world ramifications.

They started a campaign last year demanding the tech company to get rid of the gun and pistol emoji. Apple said more than 100 new and redesigned emojis will be coming this fall.

Apple has replaced the pistol emoji with a green water gun in the latest iOS update, because apparently that's what will help solve gun violence. I'm unaware of any mass shooter or murderer who ...

Heads up, Apple users: the pistol emoji available on Apple devices soon will be no more. Apple said Monday that the pistol emoji will be removed from the keyboard and replaced with a lime green ...