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World News@beehaw.org · 1 year ago

Canadian judge rules the thumbs up emoji counts as a contract agreement

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Canadian judge rules the thumbs up emoji counts as a contract agreement

www.engadget.com

Jordan Lund@lemmy.one to

World News@beehaw.org · 1 year ago

Canadian judge rules the thumbs up emoji counts as a contract agreement | Engadget

www.engadget.com

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.

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There are other sources for this article out there, but this was the best one I could find where the headline specified “Canada”.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/07/business/farmer-contract-thumbs-up-emoji/index.html

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