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Canadian judge rules the thumbs up emoji counts as a contract agreement
(www.engadget.com)
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Judge considered their previous history of transactions where they had completed similar deals with short responses over text. "Yeah", "looks good", etc.
Thumbs up emoji would be considered a reasonable sign of acceptance given their previous history
It makes sense to me. Intent matters a lot in contract law. As long as it’s unambiguous that the parties intended to accept the contract, it shouldn’t really matter what form that acceptance takes.
This makes a ton more sense and also is missing from Engadget's summary of things which is annoying, is only in the linked article
That's a good point I hadn't considered and definitely puts it in perspective