CNBC headline saying that Apple is removing the clown emoji for political reasons has been proven to be a fake.
Some Bozo is messing around with iPhone users by posting a headline that appears to be from CNBC dated May 15th. The headline says, „Upcoming Apple device update set to remove clown emoji: sources say emoji used as a Far-Right „Dog Whistle.“ According to PolitiFact, this is a completely made-up headline and CNBC never posted this story. There is nothing that would indicate the imminent removal of the clown emoji by Apple.
The fake headline was posted on an „X“ account owned by someone with the username „FullMetalPatriot.“ The image shows a legitimate CNBC writer and she did have a story on the business news channel’s app at the time and date indicated in the image although the story had nothing to do with the clown emoji.
