External Link Symbol

[Christoph Päper]

James Kass via Unicode <unicode at corp.unicode.org>:
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> https://emojipedia.org/link
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> "Two links of a silver chain <https://emojipedia.org/chains/>, positioned at a 45° angle. Used as an icon for a hyperlink <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperlink> on computers and the internet. May also be used for metaphorical connections."
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> Seems related.

Only remotely. These emoji ⛓️🔗 resemble text editor GUI icons for inserting a hyperlink, but this thread is about a symbol that is used before or after the link text in web pages to indicate that its target is “off site” – whatever that means exactly.