Canadian judge: “Thumb emoji counts as a signature”

A laughing face, a crying face, a red heart. The emojis that we exchange every day have now become a universal and clear language, so much so that they can become legally binding in some cases. That’s what happened to Chris Behinda Canadian farmer whose thumbs-up emoji cost him over 61,000 Canadian dollars (42,000 euros) for not fulfilling a contract he had “signed”.