Twitter launches 'Milk Tea Alliance' emoji as movement grows | World

Thursday, 08 Apr 2021 03:38 PM MYT
A mobile phone displays an internet meme of a growing online movement called 'Milk Tea Alliance' to show solidarity between Thailand, Taiwan and Hong Kong, in this illustration taken on April 15, 2020. — Reuters pic
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BANGKOK, April 8 ― Social media giant Twitter today launched an emoji for the Milk Tea Alliance, a global online pro-democracy movement that has united anti-Beijing campaigners in Hong Kong and Taiwan with protesters in Thailand, Myanmar and beyond.
Activists welcomed the announcement of the emoji ― a white cup set against a background of three colours representing different shades of milk tea in Thailand, Hong Kong and Taiwan ― for the first anniversary of the movement.

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