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

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The headline is specifically written to incite outrage. That’s how you get clicks these days.

Outrage? From a short string of words?

Yeah, that is worded stronger than I intended.

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Oh right, yeah I would agree the title is clickbaity but not necessarily innaccurate or misleading…

Edit: read the referenced article, not the Engadget one

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