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In light of Netflix's newest popular show - Adolescence. CR2 Security would like to take this opportunity to help raise awareness surrounding the online security and safety of your child/teenager.
Online, young people are communicating in ways that most adults completely misunderstand. What looks innocent could potentially have a very different meaning.
Here are some of the 'codes' which may be being used by your child:
Red Pill – “I see the truth.” Used in toxic male spaces to mean waking up to supposed hidden ‘truths’ about women and society, often linked to misogynistic ideologies.
Blue Pill – Represents those who are “blind to the truth” or still believe in mainstream views about relationships and gender dynamics.
Dynamite Emoji – An “exploding red pill,” meaning someone is a radicalised incel.
Kidney Bean – A symbol linked to incel culture, sometimes mocking women.
100 Emoji – Tied to the “80/20 rule,” the belief that 80% of women are only attracted to 20% of men.
Black Hole – Used to express depression, hopelessness, or being sucked into negative online spaces.
Tornado – Represents chaos or feeling overwhelmed, sometimes used to indicate mental distress.
Frog Emoji – Associated with alt-right and extremist meme culture, often linked to Pepe the Frog, which has been co-opted by some toxic online groups.
Eagle – A symbol of extreme nationalism, sometimes used in far-right online spaces.
Skull – While often just slang for “that’s funny” or “I’m dead (from laughing),” in certain groups, it can signal darker themes like nihilism or self-harm.
Heart colours and what each one can represent. = Love = Lust = “Are you interested?” = Interested but not in sex = “You’ll be okay”So what should parents do and some advice?
Get Curious, Not Combative – Ask open-ended questions: “I saw something about emojis meaning different things. Have you heard of this?” Keep the conversation light.
Create a Judgment-Free Zone – If your child feels like they’ll be punished for opening up, they won’t. Make it clear you’re there to listen, not just lecture.
Decode Together – Ask them to explain their digital world. What do different symbols mean? Who are the influencers they follow? Don’t assume—ask.
Teach Critical Thinking – Help them question online content. “Why do you think some groups push this idea? Who benefits?” Arm them with questions, not just rules.
Monitor Without Spying – Open conversations work better than secret surveillance. Make checking in on their online spaces a normal part of parenting, not a crisis move.
Be Real About Manipulation – Explain how toxic online groups groom young people by making them feel special, included, or like they have ‘insider knowledge.’
Build Their Offline Confidence – The more they feel valued and confident in the real world, the less they’ll seek validation in dangerous online spaces.The digital world is evolving faster than most adults can keep up. But we don’t have to be in the dark!
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#DecodeTheCode #ProtectThem #OnlineSecurity #OnlineSafety #SaveALife #TheWayTheyCommunicate #CR2Security
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Kim Louise
It is informative for parents to know and understand these symbols. My only issue is that putting it on social media will introduce teens to this that did not know about this previously.
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Martin Cubberley replied
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Sally McNicholas
Just keep your children off social media! Smartphone Free Childhood
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Pauline Saliba
I realised I really am getting old when I watched this. Never heard the word 'incel', had no idea how different heart colours can mean different things
and the emojis! what a sorry society our children are being born into 
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CR2 Security
Hi all.
We appreciate both the positive and negative comments surrounding our awareness campaign here.
We are a Wiltshire based security company that operates nationwide. However, our social responsibility takes priority and we, alongside others have identified the growing trends and miscommunications between adults and younger children. This bridge will continue to grow unless we learn their 'language' better.
This is our way of building that bridge and expanding our adult 'language' and support the communications between both adults and younger persons.
To address some of the concerns here in this post:
- Many children under the age of 15 do not use the Facebook or LinkedIn social platforms. We purposely targeted these apps as it's primarily adults/parents that use these apps. This was to mitigate too many young people miscommunicating our point here within the post itself.
Every month, we intend to release some information about growing trends surrounding younger/vulnerable people. Next month, we'll be releasing some information about 'County Lines' and what to look out for. Many young people are being exploited and used to traffic drugs and other such things and we need to raise awareness surrounding this too.
Visit our page, like it (to help spread further awareness) and pay attention to our social media for further information surrounding other awareness initiatives. CR2 Security
If you don't know anything about CR2, we are a team of security professionals comprised of ex-military, ex-police and ex-prison service so are fully aware of the dangers facing modern day society. This is our attempt to help mitigate these risks for our younger people, and make the world a safer place. #RightPeopleRightPlaces
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Charbel Azar
Most youth I spoke with have no idea about any of these !
This post is not meant to raise awareness...it's having the opposite effect!
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Vicky Holness
The symbols are SO outsiders (including parents) don't understand. If they become common knowledge, they'll just change. The key is open communication about online use, open conversation about how the child is feeling on and offline....at a moment in the child's development as a teenager when they are often separating themselves from their parents. It's very, very difficult
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Grace Scarlett Benford
I don’t understand why so many parents let thier kids have social media/ open access to the World Wide Web. I explained to my nearly 13yr old son last week I would not let the world have access to him in his private safe place which is our home. Social…
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Michelle Patty
This is not true! My sons 15 has loads of mates none of them have heard of any of these
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Jen Ni Fer
There should be a legal age for using social media, 18+ only, end of story. we don't send our kids out into the big wide world before they're of legal age, so why send them out into the internet's social media world? How to implement that is another st…
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Melissa York
What a load of clap trap. Try bringing them up to be balanced humans
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Bev Black
No one has the power to give an emoji a different meaning. A red heart is a red heart. Kidney beans are food nothing else. Stop giving them a platform & sharing all this utter tosh.
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Lucy Anne Saunders
This series brought up a conversation with our teenager. We discussed at dinner, talked about the emojis and pressures of social media it was very useful x
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Valentina Cuppari
Ok the internet and the distorted use of it but, if you watch the miniseries is also about the relationship and how parents handle situations with their children, besides technology family is where we start forming our personality and values .
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Mandy Davis
I have just spoken with my 14 year old son about this, loves going online. Asked him about the emoji's and had seen them occasionally but had no idea about there meanings. He tends to be online gaming and not into conversation. Was interested on what h…
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Denise Best
Who even thinks these up, what happened to normal conversation
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Steph Roberts
Smartphonefreechildhood. Please find it online, things need to change
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Amy Rawson
Some of these comments are ridiculous!
Not every 2 people are the same! Not every child will go to the extremes in the Show! …
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Sandra Reedman
Talk to your children, interact with them, limit screen time and listen to them, I’m so grateful that my girls are not young adults now, it’s a toxic online existence and I feel for the vulnerable and lonely youngsters who use the internet as a way of …
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Mandy Kennedy
Smartphones are being used by younger and younger kids. I work in Telco, I direct parents towards the online safety information if they’re buying a phone for their child. The ironic thing is that parents tell me they are getting them their first phone for their safety.
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Carmine Lamorte replied
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Dale Badman
Social media and all smart phones should be banned for anyone under the age of 16 ..
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Christopher Mark Wing
'Red Pill' is a more generalised way of indicating that people with power have tried to keep you in ignorance (gaslighting).
Maybe if more parents took an interest in online sites they might be able to distinguish between the benign and the malevolen…
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Cindy Bonacorso LaTour
These symbols are not universal so know your country state parish adolescence lingo if needed.
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Amanda Mortenson
I had this exact conversation with my 13 year old granddaughter only yesterday and I was gob smacked , she was fully aware and in the know of some of these and their meaning ,it’s frightening !
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Jor Dene
These Emojis did not mean any of these and most teens have never heard of them. But now thanks to the constant posting, they will probably begin trending now.
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Ionela Simion
They should be banned!Just make those emoji disappear!!!!!
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Anthony Campbell replied
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Kirsty Walsh
Was so shocking to watch! But things we all need to know!
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Chris Dabrowa
is correct.80% of women are attracted to 20% of men and vice versa. …
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Debbie Warren Preston
How stupid to put these out there for young ones that have never heard of this rubbish to now start using. Please remove this post before more damage is done to young vulnerable minds!
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Clare Simmonds David
Also parents be aware of how manipulative yr own kids maybe too they r not all sweet and innocent either.
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Alice Elms
My teenage boys have never heard of these symbols. So don't get everyone to panic
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Kylie Christensen
Had no idea about the emojis and hearts.. who comes up with this stuff. I liked it better when you could only call or message a phone. Can we go back to that
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Georgy Georgy
I would go as far as make phones illegal for children and teenagers! Just like driving! U can’t drive until u r 18 of age…so should the usage of phones. An underage person should be prohibited by law to have or own a phone, be seen using a phone and parents who give their underage kids their own phone to be fined. Simple! Then we’ll see a drastic decline in the online crime, bullying, sex traficking, victims of all sorts be groomed and recruited online, etc.
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Priyanka B Banerjee
I had no idea about the hidden meanings before the series.
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Daniel Jordan
My 14 year old son said they don't use emoji to communicate in another language at his school - even Stephen Graham said it was an idea and totally made up
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Ann Price
Gat a sick world
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Amanda Burroughs
Let's stop calling it a phone to start with... How many people actually talk to people on their phone. It needs rethinking of how we talk and allow access to the Internet and social media for young people. Once they see stuff they can't unsee it, onc…
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Susan Rattenbury
Never heard of the term incel until I saw this programme. Horrible times we live in
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Sally Gross
Very helpful, thank you
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Shanagh O'Dowd
And because of this series alot more teenage all over the world are also going to be aware of all this crap.. good job netflix
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James Tainton
Get a grip .
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Sarah Pascarella
Can I say what a great memory these kids have ! My god I can’t remember all of these - these kids should be shown how to get into coding / tech industry the schools are missing a great opportunity to train these young minds !
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Tracy Kuhlmann
I’m going to stop using emojis it’s all too much
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Neha Dey Morgan
This series will be revolutionary in terms of the entire social structure, digital world, parenting and the adult-teen dynamics. It has made parents stop and think and rethink. Such an eye opener. Thanks to the makers for showing how different worlds a…
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Helen Best
Oh my, why can't an emoji just be an emoji, sad times.
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This generation is doomed and parents glued to their phones not paying attention to their children is what's wrong.
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Marina Jakobsson
And unfortunately, with posting symbols and their respective current meanings, kids will ultimately change their code because this is what kids do. They will always want to differentiate their speech from that of adults.
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Ed C Frank
Humans have become so pathetic I wish I was an Ardvarc or something
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Carol Pippen
I have grandkids, so I appreciate this info. I had no clue what these meant. Watched Adolescence and thought what brilliant acting but also, how scary for parents of young kids and teenagers now a days.
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Helen Hay
Kindly, please credit the original author Matthew Whitelock , instead of claiming this piece as your own.
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Kimberly Shadbolt
It’s definitely worth the watch, very informative. I had no idea about hidden meanings of these emojis
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Linda Grindle
Have the conversation
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Ez Louise
I feel like suggestion 6 needs the word ‘young’ taken out. I know the suggestions are aimed at youth, but it could be perceived as condescending (youth not knowing as much as adults), which is a red flag to a teen. It’s important that they know how sop…
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Jo Laight
Worrying that some of us less technically minded oldies have been using a number of these emoji/symbols a lot more innocently and probably sending a lot of wrong messages out
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Alex Cremer
Articles a joke nobody does that
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Pat Chettle
I’ve been using some of these emojis & didn’t even know they had different meanings to what I intended
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Claire Shirt
I get that, but emojis don't make you Murder someone , there's something not right with someone if they can kill another person .
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Lynn Slater
It is frightening for parents today glad i was born mid 50's
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Wendy Sneddon
Who the F@@k came up with all this?
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Suzanne Harvey
Thank you this is valuable information, I had no idea what a lot of this stuff means
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