IT company apologizes for sex slavery ‘emojis’
Social affairsAug 23, 2017
China’s IT-giant Tencent on Tuesday apologized for the controversial emojis featuring wartime sex slaves on its instant-messaging platform, QQ. The emojis, made with images taken from the Chinese documentary film “Twenty Two,” show the distraught “comfort women” survivors of World War II with Chinese phrases “I am lost” and “I am wronged” comically placed next to them. Online users have heavily condemned Tencent for the emojis’ insulting nature towards the surviving victims. (Yonhap)Tencent, als