WhatsApp Is Briefly Shut Down in Brazil for a Third Time
PhotoRIO DE JANEIRO — For months, authorities in Brazil have sought access to digital data from WhatsApp to aid in criminal investigations.WhatsApp has repeatedly resisted the requests.On Tuesday, the same clash erupted again, for the third time in less than a year.
WhatsApp Back in Action in Brazil
WhatsApp, the Facebook-owned messaging app, has had its services restored in Brazil as the Supreme Court has overruled the suspension of the app.The mandate affected over 100 million users and lasted less than a day.Earlier, WhatsApp was taken to court by the federal authorities of Brazil as they needed insights into its encrypted data to investigate a case for drug trafficking.
WhatsApp in Brazil First Banned then Reinstated
WhatsApp in Brazil First Banned then ReinstatedThe Rio Court in Brazil passed a ruling on July 19, 2016 that WhatsApp should be blocked as the service no longer shared information over the mobile network regarding criminal investigations.The rule got issued from Daniela Barbosa de South, judge in the Duque de Caxias County's Second Criminal Court.The court repeated the ruling thrice but the order remained unmet.
WhatsApp gets blocked and unblocked in Brazil before Olympics
WhatsApp, one of the world's most popular messaging apps, has entered another round of fighting with Brazil, home to more than 100 million of the app's roughly 1 billion users.On Tuesday, a judge in Rio de Janeiro state ordered the country's main service providers to block access to the messaging app or face fines of roughly $15,000 a day.The judge issued the order because of what the Spanish newspaper El País characterized as her frustration with the app's lack of compliance with court orders to turn over information related to ongoing cases.
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