Apple to Fix Jerusalem-Palestinian Flag Predictive Emoji Bug

Apple to Fix Jerusalem-Palestinian Flag Predictive Emoji Bug
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The Spin

Narrative A

While emoji flags appear when iPhone users type a country's name, this feature doesn't usually extend to city names. So, when the word Jerusalem prompts a Palestinian flag emoji, it's hard not to see that as another example of antisemitic double standards — especially as emoji defaults in iOS require deliberate human intervention.

Narrative B

The outrage against Apple over the Palestinian flag emoji is nothing but a baseless tempest in a teapot. According to the company's support pages, its automatically generated predictive text features use machine learning and other technologies based on past conversations and visited websites.

Metaculus Prediction



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