WhatsApp Faces Yet Another Brazil Ban
Facebook-owned WhatsApp is banned in Brazil again.A Brazilian judge has ruled that WhatsApp be blocked indefinitely, Reuters reports.The judge, Daniela Barbosa Assunção de Souza, ordered the country's wireless carriers to block the messaging app for allegedly not cooperating with a criminal investigation.
Why Facebook's WhatsApp Has Been Blocked in Brazil Again
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WhatsApp officially un-banned in Brazil after third block in eight months
Brazil's federal supreme court has suspended a judge's ruling ordering mobile phone companies to indefinitely block access to Facebook Inc's WhatsApp – the third such decision against the popular phone messaging app in eight months.The Rio de Janeiro judge Daniela Barbosa ruled that access to the application should be blocked immediately because WhatsApp's owner, Facebook, had shown "total disrespect for Brazilian laws".Her decision said Facebook was repeatedly asked to intercept messages sent through the service to help in a criminal investigation in the city of Caxias, outside Rio.
Brazil top court suspends ruling blocking WhatsApp message app
SAO PAULO, July 19 Brazil's Federal Surpreme Court on Tuesday suspended a ruling by a low-tier judge ordering wireless phone carriers to block access to Facebook Inc's WhatsApp, the third such decision against the popular phone messaging app in eight months.(Reporting by Guillermo Parra-Bernal; Editing by Andrew Hay)
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