The “B” emoji has become so prevalent a part of internet culture that a major meme forum recently voted on whether to ban it altogether. There were 20,000 votes cast in the poll on Reddit’s ...

There’s a new sheriff in internet town. A meme sheriff, if you will. He’s got a cowboy hat, a set of boots, and a body made of emoji. And he means business.

According to data provided by Twitter, the use of the red flag emoji has grown 455% on the platform in the last week, and on Tuesday it was used in 1.5 million tweets globally.