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Sending a thumbs-up emoji as a response could be considered an agreement to a legally binding contract, a judge in Saskatchewan, Canada, has ruled.

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Be careful before you casually dash off another thumbs-up emoji: A Canadian court has found that the ubiquitous symbol can affirm that a person is officially entering into a contract. The ruling ...

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Thanks to a lawsuit in Canada, a simple thumbs-up emoji could become legally binding. The issue arose when a flax seed farmer was signing a deal with a grain buyer.

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 ...

Justice Keene wrote that under the circumstances listed in the case, the thumbs-up emoji is an “action in an electronic form” that can be treated as acceptance of the document.

Be careful before you casually dash off another thumbs-up emoji: A Canadian court has found that the ubiquitous symbol can affirm that a person is officially entering into a contract. The ruling po… ...