Brazilian judge blocks WhatsApp nationwide
The WhatsApp smartphone messaging service is hugely popular in Brazil A judge on Tuesday suspended the WhatsApp smartphone messaging service across Brazil, where it is hugely popular, for failing to surrender user data in a police investigation."WhatsApp is blocked across the whole national territory," a spokesman for the court in Rio de Janeiro told AFP.WhatsApp, owned by Facebook, has clashed several times with Brazilian courts after refusing to give access to police.
Brazil's top judge overrules suspension of WhatsApp service
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) " The chief justice of Brazil's Supreme Court quickly struck down a lower court decision that had blocked the WhatsApp messaging service nationwide for several hours Tuesday, affecting almost 100 million users.Chief Justice Ricardo Lewandowski ruled on a motion filed by a political party seeking to have the Rio de Janeiro judge's order thrown out.Early in the day, Judge Daniela Barbosa ordered the suspension because Facebook, WhatsApp's parent company, would not help a police investigation.
Brazil's top judge overrules suspension of WhatsApp service
The chief justice of Brazil's Supreme Court quickly struck down a lower court decision that had blocked the WhatsApp messaging service nationwide for several hours Tuesday, affecting almost 100 million users.Chief Justice Ricardo Lewandowski ruled on a motion filed by a political party seeking to have the Rio de Janeiro judge's order thrown out.Early in the day, Judge Daniela Barbosa ordered the suspension because Facebook, WhatsApp's parent company, would not help a police investigation.
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