Wargaming Mobile will remove white-red-white emoji from its Slack due to fears of employees being arrested

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На русском языке: Wargaming Mobile удалит БЧБ-эмодзи из Slack из-за опасений ареста сотрудников
На беларускай мове: Wargaming Mobile выдаліць БЧБ-эмодзі са Slack праз магчымыя арышты супрацоўнікаў

Thaine Lyman, the head of Minsk studio Wargaming Mobile, wrote a letter to employees about a «difficult decision», where he said that the company was going to remove the emoji of the national white-red-white flag from the corporate Slack icon list. Lyman suggests that in the event of a search of an employee’s house or when crossing the border, a person may be arrested because of the emoji.

Wargaming Mobile will remove white-red-white emoji from its Slack due to fears of employees being arrested

English version of the letter / dev.by

«Given current regulations in Belarus, we are going to be removing the «white-red-white» flag icon from our Slack icon list. The legal issues and associated risks that may affect our employees (especially given possible searches during border crossings and other potential interactions with law enforcement personnel) are too great to ignore»,– Thaine Lyman wrote.

It becomes clear from the text that the company fears that while crossing the border, a person may have his/her equipment and working correspondence inspected .

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