Source: Twitter cut out of Trump tech meeting over failed emoji deal

Twitter was told it was "bounced" from Dec 14's meeting between tech executives and President-elect Donald Trump in retribution for refusing during the campaign to allow an emoji version of the hashtag #CrookedHillary, apparently. Twitter is one of the few major US tech companies not represented at the Trump Tower meeting attended by, among others, Apple's Tim Cook, Amazon's Jeff Bezos, Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg and Tesla's Elon Musk — an omission all the more striking because of Trump's heavy dependence on the Twitter platform. "They weren’t invited because they aren’t big enough," a Trump transition official said.