According to a press release posted on the Coast Guard website: “This is not an updated policy but a new policy to combat any misinformation and double down that the U.S. Coast Guard forbids these symbols.”

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According to a press release posted on the Coast Guard website: “This is not an updated policy but a new policy to combat any misinformation and double down that the U.S. Coast…