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Brazil Briefly Shuts Down WhatsApp Services Over Data Dispute

Brazil briefly shut down services by the instant messaging service WhatsApp Tuesday in a dispute over a police investigation, but the nation's top court overturned the move within hours.A Brazilian judge ordered the shutdown in Brazil after Facebook, WhatsApp's parent company, refused to assist authorities in a police investigation by providing encrypted messages pertaining to the case.The order targeted Brazil's wireless carriers, instructing them not to carry data for WhatsApp.

WhatsApp Temporarily Suspended in Brazil

WhatsApp had been temporarily suspended in Brazil after a judge said the company had failed to hand over information requested in a criminal investigation.WhatsApp Temporarily Suspended in Brazil.This suspension lasted for a few hours, affecting millions of users.

WhatsApp is back in Brazil after yet another ban

WhatsApp is back online in Brazil following a court ruling that suspended the service for several hours Tuesday, marking the third time in less than a year the Facebook-owned app has been banned and then reinstated by the country's judicial system.The latest ban, stemming from a Rio de Janeiro judge's ruling, was once again over the app's use of encryption.The judge ordered WhatsApp's suspension after the company failed to provide the contents of encrypted messages related to a criminal case, Reuters reported.

Brazil court overturns ban against WhatsApp

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Brazil judge briefly blocks WhatsApp over criminal case

A 3D printed Whatsapp logo is seen in front of a displayed Facebook logo in this illustration taken April 28, 2016.SAO PAULO A Brazilian judge briefly blocked Facebook Inc's (FB.O) WhatsApp messaging service on Tuesday for failing to cooperate in a criminal investigation, before the nation's top court overturned the measure in the third such incident since December.Federal Supreme Court President Ricardo Lewandowski said in a decision that it seemed "scarcely reasonable or proportional" for a judge in Rio de Janeiro state to have ordered the indefinite suspension of the messaging app until it revealed encrypted messages pertaining to a confidential case.