Source: Twitter cut out of Trump tech meeting over failed #emoji deal
▻http://www.politico.com/story/2016/12/donald-trump-twitter-emoji-crooked-hillary-232647
Trump’s campaign also made a $5 million deal with Twitter before the election, in which the campaign committed “to spending a certain amount on advertising and in exchange receive discounts, perks, and custom solutions,” the campaign’s director of digital advertising and fund raising, Gary Coby, wrote in a Medium post last month. So the campaign objected when the company refused to allow the anti-Clinton emoji.
▻https://medium.com/@garycoby/twitter-restricts-trump-eb7e48ccf5ff