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in Canada a thumbs up emoji can be considered as a signature a Saskatchewan judge says that an emoji can amount to a contractual agreement and order a farmer to pay more than 82 thousand dollars for not delivering a product to a grain buyer after being sent the contract and asking if he agreed to it he texted back a thumbs up emoji and the farmer's just like nah man a thumbs up emoji doesn't mean yes I deny that he accepted the thumbs up emoji as a digital signature of the incomplete's contract I did not have time to review the flax contract and merely wanted to indicate that I did receive his text message which you know good argument but and the judge ruled this way because courts rely on the most common use of a word or in this case emoji with the lawyer even referring to emojipedia in court with him giving the example of saying if we're gonna go for dinner tonight and I say to meet you at this restaurant and you send a thumbs up back to me what does that mean it means yes and he even went so far as to make his points by pointing out the statute of fraud dates back to the 1600s at which point many people were illiterate and it said that drawing a squiggle making a thumbprint or any other indication that somebody agreed to a document amounted to a signature like for for example in Canada you can technically sign something with an X for all those people who are saying oh well if you don't learn cursive how do you learn your signature definitely gonna ruffle some feathers with that one what do you guys think should a thumbs up emoji be considered a response of yes in a legal contract what do you think