Over time, emoji meanings have become subjective, depending on a message's context and wider cultural trends. Which shaking smiley face should you use? Is there a difference between each different ...

Of the six billion emoji that are sent globally every day, around 70% are emotion based – for example, smiley face, love hearts. A smaller proportion of the emoji sent are sad expressions.

Photo: Rossbach v. Montiore Medical/Emojipedia Even high-profile lawsuits have involved emoji. Actor Justin Baldoni sued The New York Times for omitting an upside-down smiley emoji from a quote ...