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Two smiley faces: Episode three

How do the Unicode Consortium decide what is included in the official emoji keyboard?

We travel to California to find out who controls the emoji available on every single smartphone in the world - the mysterious Unicode Consortium. This secretive organisation decides what is included and what is left off the official emoji keyboard. But are they up to the job? Not everyone is convinced. (Episode 3 of 6.)

Presenters: Sarah Treanor and Vivienne Nunis

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23 minutes

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Mon 19 Jul 202102:06GMT

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  • Sat 17 Jul 202119:06GMT
  • Sun 18 Jul 202109:06GMT
  • Sun 18 Jul 202123:06GMT
  • Mon 19 Jul 202102:06GMT