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Canadian judge rules the thumbs up emoji counts as a contract agreement (www.engadget.com)

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A Canadian judge has ruled that the popular “thumbs-up” emoji not only can be used as a contract agreement, but is just as valid as an actual signature. The Saskatchewan-based judge made the ruling on the grounds that the courts must adapt to the “new reality” of how people communicate, as originally reported by The Guardian.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Both parties did understand it, as the previous contracts were agreed by him texting back "Looks good", "Yup" and "Ok". What the court actually ruled is that "👍" has the same meaning as those - which most people would agree to, no? It ended up in court because the farmer wanted out of it due to the change in flax seed prices and saw a possibility in the argument that this time he didn't actually mean he agreed to the pre-signed contract, just that he had received it.