arstechnica : Brazil’s Federal Supreme Court lifts WhatsApp block [Updated]

Brazil's Federal Supreme Court lifts WhatsApp block [Updated]

Further Reading Brazil frees imprisoned Facebook exec who couldn't decrypt WhatsApp messages UPDATE 6:45pm ET: Reuters reports that Brazil's Federal Supreme Court has now suspended the ruling by the lower court judge, which ordered mobile phone carriers to block access to WhatsApp."We're pleased that people can access WhatsApp again in Brazil," Matt Steinfeld, a WhatsApp spokesman, e-mailed Ars in a statement.Our original story follows:For the third time in less than a year, a Brazilian judge has ordered (Google Translate) messaging app WhatsApp to be blocked by the country's five major mobile phone companies.

WhatsApp blocked then un-banned in Brazil as Supreme Court intervenes

Brazil saw the third blocking of Facebook-owned chat platform WhatsApp in eight months on Tuesday, but the ban was overturned in a few hours.However, millions of people are said to have suffered an outage in the interim.This was the third such ban WhatsApp faced in the country in a span of just eight months.

Brazilian Supreme Court overthrows WhatsApp ban

Brazil's Supreme Court has suspended a previous ruling that blocked messaging tool WhatsApp throughout Brazil for a few hours today.According to the president at the Supreme Court, Ricardo Lewandowski, the ruling by Rio de Janeiro's judge Daniela Barbosa violates freedom of expression, communication and manifestation of thought.Following the Supreme Court's decision, the service was made available again by the country's cell carriers, who had been blocking the app since 2pm this afternoon.

Brazil's Supreme Court Lifts Block on WhatsApp

SÃO PAULO—Brazil's Supreme Court late Tuesday lifted a block on the popular WhatsApp chat service that had shut off service for millions of users across the country earlier in the day.Supreme Court President Ricardo Lewandowski overturned a decision by a lower court in Rio de Janeiro to block the service after the company refused to turn over instant messages sought by police in a criminal investigation.The service outage...