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Judge in Brazil blocks WhatsApp messenger application

Judge in Brazil blocks WhatsApp messenger applicationRIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A Brazilian judge on Tuesday ordered the nationwide suspension of the instant messaging application WhatsApp because it won't help out in a police investigation.Rio de Janeiro Judge Daniela Barbosa ruled that access to the application should be blocked immediately.That is expected to happen once phone companies are notified.

WhatsApp blocked in Brazil again

Brazil's battle with Facebook over its encrypted messaging app, WhatsApp, continues to rage.A Brazilian judge ordered telephone companies to cut off access to WhatsApp in the country after Facebook declined to provide chat logs related to a criminal investigation, Globo reports.Because WhatsApp messages are end-to-end encrypted, Facebook cannot access users' messages and therefore cannot provide the court with the requested data.

WhatsApp Says It's "Shocking" They Have Been Banned In Brazil Again

Justin Sullivan / Getty Images ID: 9268105A Brazilian court on Tuesday ordered yet another shutdown of the popular messaging app Whatsapp, shutting off service to more than 100 million people in the Latin American country.Brazil's courts claim that WhatsApp has failed to cooperate in providing investigators with information relating to a criminal court case.This is the third time in a year that the service has been shut down in Brazil as part of this feud — both times have seen higher courts lift the bans put in place by lower courts.