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API returning character entities in JSON

I can HtmlDecode the display names I'm getting from the API. Would it be better if the API just returned the UTF8 character? Relevant SO question: JSON character encoding …
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API returning character entities in JSON

The default filter is unsafe=false, so the strings are coming back escaped. If I create a filter with unsafe=true the names come thru without the escaping.
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