Thumbs-up Emoji Can Create a Binding Contract - South West Terminal Ltd. v. Achter Land & Cattle Ltd., 2023

Over 10 billion emojis are sent each day.1 The “thumbs up” emoji is commonly used as an indication of approval. It seems innocent enough: someone sends you a text that you want to acknowledge and you reply, “👍” without giving it a second thought. This case indicates that use of that harmless looking emoji could result in a binding agreement.