In his lawsuit, Justin Baldoni says The New York Times' omission of an emoji misrepresented his publicists' conversations about Blake Lively.

For instance, Chinese texters might use a smile emoji to suggest negative connotations like sarcasm, and thus be less likely to identify it as “happy” than those in Britain, the researchers said.

In his lawsuit against the New York Times, Baldoni said the paper failed to include an upside-down smile emoji — which is used to convey sarcasm or silliness — in a quote, effectively changing ...