Sending a thumbs-up emoji may now be considered the agreement of a legally binding contract, a Canadian judge has ruled. The thumbs-up emoji proved pivotal in a case involving farmer Chris Achter ...

Yes, that one little emoji was recognized as a legal, binding agreement. In other words, the judge gave the man a thumbs-down for this thumb-up argument. Adobe The emoji exchange happened between ...

After a Reddit poster confessed to being “not adult enough to be comfortable with the thumbs-up emoji reaction,” others chimed in to agree and to call out other common emojis such as the red ...

So when Achter replied with a thumbs-up emoji, Mickleborough said he had understood that Achter “was agreeing to the contract” and that it had been “his way” of signaling that agreement.

An OG emoji, the thumbs up is often used to signal agreement, particularly when a quick response is warranted — perhaps if a longer one is not needed or if you’re in a rush and just need to ...