In a bid to promote inclusivity and challenge stereotypes, 10-year-old Teddy from Peppard, Oxfordshire, has initiated a campaign urging Apple to redesign its “nerd face” emoji.

A 10-year-old boy in England is taking on Apple over its "nerd" emoji. ... Teddy’s suggested idea shows a yellow smiley face with glasses but no front teeth.

The emoticon took off all on its own. He never tried to copyright it for financial gain or promote its use, not even after local chain Eat and Park began selling Smiley Face cookies a few years later.

So far, his online petition has garnered nearly 2,000 signatures as of Dec. 4. He has even submitted a design he calls the "genius emoji" which features thing frames and a smiley face.

A 10-year-old boy from the UK has petitioned Apple to change its “nerd face” emoji. The boy says the emoji gives the wrong impression of people wearing glasses, and he finds it offensive.

10-year-old petitions Apple on the 'nerd' emoji, calling it offensive to those with glasses. ... which depicts a bright yellow smiley face with thick-rimmed glasses and protruding front teeth.

A UK schoolboy is asking Apple to fix and rename what he says is its offensive and insulting "nerd face" emoji, and has created a petition about it.

A 10-year-old boy has taken it upon himself to petition Apple to change one of its emojis.. Teddy from Oxfordshire, England, would like to rename the emoji that wears black frame glasses and has ...

LONDON - A 10-year-old boy from the U.K. has started a campaign to get Apple to redesign its "nerd face" emoji, the New York Post reported on Dec. 1. Teddy who calls himself a proud glasses-wearer ...