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Why certain characters “glitch” Gmail, YouTube, and Twitter

BleepingComputer’s Twitter profile page has started to look glitchy, with characters shooting up from another user’s display name. The behavior was being caused by certain Unicode characters in security researcher Hylejam’s (defconisov3r) display name, as shown below. The “magic Unicode”” list of characters that behave strangely when placed in a typical UI includes the “”right-to-left”” character in their Twitter name: “”Zalgo text”” These characters are sometimes also referred to as “”magic unicorns”””

Source: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/technology/why-certain-characters-glitch-gmail-youtube-and-twitter/

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