It turns out emojis carry a lot more legal weight than one might think.
A judge in Saskatchewan, Canada has ruled that a “thumbs up” emoji counts as a legally binding agreement, according to the Court of King’s Bench.
The ruling, handed down on Friday, came as the result of a lawsuit filed by a grain buyer who claimed a local farmer had responded to a texted request for product with a “thumbs up” emoji – but then failed to deliver.
Although the farmer claimed the emoji was only meant to acknowledge receipt of the request, the judge saw it differently – and ordered him to pay the buyer $82,000, according to the court.