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Well, the word “pecel”, or graven image was always understood to imply carved, 3-dimensional images, not 2-dimensional images, such as paintings. It comes from the root word meaning to hew or carve, but it is also used in Isaiah 40:20 to apply to molten images, so it is also equivalent to the word “maccekah”, which specifically meant molten images. Also, specifically forbidden in other verses are “maststebah”, meaning pillar, monument, or standing image.
There’s no equivalent prohibition against 2-dimensional art, such as paintings, mosaics, or modern-day photographs. If there had been a prohibition against those types of images, then we wouldn’t have the Bible, since the written word is a form of imagery as well, with the alphabets deriving from pictograms.
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According to your statement, two-dimensional icons are not an issue?