Chinese artist calls out Twitter for rejecting his #Tiananmen30 tank man emoji

Badiucao said the firm did not create a special emoji for the anniversary to avoid the wrath of Chinese authorities. The 33-year-old Badiucao said he reached out to Twitter ahead of the anniversary and offered to create a special tank man emoji that would appear next to the hashtag #Tiananmen30. The statue of "Tank Man" was unveiled by @SpeakerPelosi and @VoCommunism in Washington, D.C. to mark #Tiananmen30 #六四30年 #六四 pic.twitter.com/bz3l2hMFpU — Bloomberg Originals June 5, 2019 But the platform — which is blocked in China — told Badiucao it would not be able to collaborate with him on this anniversary because “emojis are limited resources at Twitter,” according to an email exchange the artist shared with AFP. I wasn’t satisfied with their explanation that the decision was just routine.” While Twitter said in that email that it was glad to be a platform for conversations about Tiananmen, Badiucao said the firm did not create a special emoji for the anniversary to avoid the wrath of Chinese authorities. In 2016, Donald Trump’s campaign accused Twitter of unfairly restricting its content, in particular refusing a special emoji with a hashtag attacking Hillary Clinton, Trump’s opponent in the race for the White House.