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“Courts will have to be ready to meet the new challenges that may arise from the use of emojis.” A Canadian farmer has just been fined tens of thousands of dollars over a thumbs up emoji. The farmer said he used the emoji to acknowledge receipt of a contract. But the court sided with the buyer, calling the thumbs up emoji “a non-traditional means to ‘sign’ a document.” Canadian judge rules thumbs-up emoji can represent contract agreement [the Guardian]