The flag of ousted dictator Bashar al-Assad's regime remains the standard emoji design across most, if not all platforms. But a new flag flies over Damascus and the rest of a now-free Syria. Scores of ...

Elon Musk's X (formerly Twitter) has replaced Iran’s official flag emoji with the pre-revolution Lion-and-Sun emblem, users noticed on Friday, amid the ongoing anti-government protests in the country.

X will replace Iran’s flag emoji with the pre-1979 lion-and-sun symbol, a politically charged move announced as internet restrictions persist in Iran.

Don't expect to see new flags in your phone's emoji any time soon. The Unicode Consortium has warned it will "no longer accept proposals" for flag emoji, regardless of category. They're more trouble ...

The lion and sun flag was the official flag of Iran before the overthrowing of the Shah in 1979.

The Tibetan flag is a patchwork quilt of color and spirit. Two green lions paw at an orange yin-yang, below a big yellow sun with rays of blue and red. For the Tibetan diaspora, thousands of people ...

Attila covers software, apps and services, with a focus on virtual private networks. He's an advocate for digital privacy and has been quoted in online publications like Computer Weekly, The Guardian, ...