The thumbs-up emoji — which was previously canceled by Gen Z for being “passive-aggressive” — has been perceived as a “digital eye-roll” at the recipient and “might unintentionally ...

Apple added eight new emoji to all iPhones when the company released iOS 18.4 in March, and Samsung brought those same emoji to some devices in April with the initial release of One UI 7. The new ...

YouTube still offers the thumbs-up emoji for likes, but the distinction there is that it’s opposed to a “dislike” button, represented by the thumbs-down emoji.