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Cape Town – Instant messaging application WhatsApp has updated its emojis after surpassing the one billion user mark.
The Facebook-owned platform has launched emojis that include new animals as well as expanding the number of characters where users can change the colour to match a racial preference.
WhatsApp has also updated its religious references with emojis that cover multiple groups as well as an expansion of the Chinese symbols.
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The symbols have made their way into the common vernacular as people increasingly use the graphics to represent how they feel on a platform where visual cues are absent from communication.
Social networking giant Facebook recently bought WhatsApp for a record $19bn. The service hit one billion users this year, according to Facebook.
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