He indicated in some posts the lyrics were art or therapy. In others, he followed posts with the emoticon (a relative of the emoji) of a face with its tongue sticking out: :P. Elonis argued the ...

“Emoji have reached critical mass,” says Zoë Salditch, communications director at Eyebeam Art + Technology Center. And she’s right, emoji are everywhere: In Katy Perry’s music ...

Cases are beginning to emerge in which police charge people — often kids — for using emoji in ways that they deem threatening. According to a Washington Post feature on the subject ...

The issue of motive comes up regularly in criminal cases, whether or not they involve emojis. But there is one wrinkle to the emoji cases that makes them a little different: how an emoji is ...