<s>
The	O
Red	O
Heart	O
(	O
❤	O
️	O
)	O
emoji	B-Application
is	O
an	O
ideogram	O
that	O
is	O
used	O
in	O
communication	O
to	O
express	O
care	O
and	O
as	O
a	O
romantic	O
gesture	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
frequently	O
seen	O
as	O
the	O
most	O
popular	O
emoji	B-Application
in	O
surveys	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
emoji	B-Application
was	O
first	O
used	O
in	O
communication	O
by	O
NTT	O
DoCoMo	O
,	O
and	O
its	O
creator	O
is	O
seen	O
as	O
Shigetaka	O
Kurita	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
1990s	O
,	O
NTT	O
DoCoMo	O
released	O
a	O
pager	B-Application
that	O
was	O
aimed	O
at	O
teenagers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
pager	B-Application
was	O
the	O
first	O
of	O
its	O
kind	O
to	O
include	O
the	O
option	O
to	O
send	O
a	O
pictogram	B-Application
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
text	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
pager	B-Application
only	O
had	O
a	O
single	O
pictogram	B-Application
on	O
its	O
options	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
a	O
heart-shaped	O
pictogram	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
pager	B-Application
received	O
rave	O
reviews	O
in	O
Asia	O
which	O
led	O
to	O
other	O
companies	O
in	O
the	O
region	O
to	O
consider	O
using	O
pictograms	B-Application
in	O
the	O
list	O
of	O
text	O
characters	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NTT	O
DoCoMo	O
then	O
released	O
another	O
pager	B-Application
aimed	O
at	O
businesspeople	O
,	O
but	O
this	O
time	O
dropped	O
the	O
heart	O
pictogram	B-Application
from	O
the	O
characters	O
on	O
the	O
pager	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
its	O
release	O
,	O
there	O
was	O
an	O
outcry	O
by	O
users	O
that	O
the	O
pictogram	B-Application
was	O
no	O
longer	O
available	O
and	O
many	O
customers	O
switched	O
to	O
other	O
providers	O
that	O
had	O
now	O
included	O
a	O
heart	O
pictogram	B-Application
in	O
their	O
markup	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
led	O
NTT	O
DoCoMo	O
to	O
reverse	O
their	O
decision	O
and	O
include	O
the	O
heart	O
pictogram	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
the	O
emoji	B-Application
became	O
more	O
popular	O
,	O
other	O
heart	O
colours	O
were	O
launched	O
by	O
Unicode	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
early	O
2022	O
,	O
Middle	O
Eastern	O
news	O
publications	O
suggested	O
that	O
sending	O
a	O
Red	B-Application
Heart	I-Application
emoji	I-Application
on	O
WhatsApp	B-Application
in	O
Saudi	O
Arabia	O
could	O
amount	O
to	O
harassment	O
and	O
if	O
convicted	O
,	O
the	O
sender	O
could	O
serve	O
a	O
maximum	O
sentence	O
of	O
two	O
years	O
in	O
jail	O
.	O
</s>
