An Irish emoji expert has warned parents about hidden meanings behind popular emojis - such as the cat face, dynamite and chair - after Netflix’s Adolescence highlighted how young people can be ...

The laughing face ... things are emoji, the graphic "language" built into Apple's iOS, and they're slowly but surely taking over the world. Imagine those cute images in real life.

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.