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.
I talked to a lawyer friend of mine. In this case the judge was right, but this precedent will probably be appealed in the future if there are more damages at stake
Like if some idiot exec at a company thumbs up emojis a bad deal and loses $10M
As usual, the headline completely misrepresents the story. Read the article, the context around this makes all the difference.
(The judge was right)
I talked to a lawyer friend of mine. In this case the judge was right, but this precedent will probably be appealed in the future if there are more damages at stake
Like if some idiot exec at a company thumbs up emojis a bad deal and loses $10M
Hmm I don’t understand how the headline misrepresents it? How would you interpret the difference between the headline and the article? 🤔
The headline is specifically written to incite outrage. That’s how you get clicks these days.
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