THULI MADONSELA: Administering justice by emoji
There was a time when it was considered juvenile to include emojis in a cellphone SMS or WhatsApp message. This is no longer the case — and doing so may have serious legal implications
21 September 2023 - 05:00
Many text conversations I have with colleagues at our university, the media and even the business community are concluded with emojis. The praying hands, for example, are commonly used to say thank you, while the single thumbs-up substitutes for agreeing to something.
What exactly you are agreeing to, however, may not be the same in the mind of the emoji sender and the recipient. ..
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