The rival of Whatsapp, Telegram said on Twitter that it got 1 million downloads in Brazil in one day because of the blackout.
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WhatsApp is now being lobbied against in Brazil, with telecoms operators disputing the service’s legality.
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The ban was ordered after WhatsApp, which is owned by Facebook, failed to cooperate in an investigation in the country.
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Access to the OTT messaging service was shut down at midnight on Thursday morning, after it refused to comply with a judicial order issued in July. Reports suggest that it involves a drug trafficker associated with Sao Paulo’s biggest criminal gangs, who allegedly used WhatsApp.
“Considering the standards, it doesn’t look sensible that a large number of clients be influenced as an aftereffect of the organization’s idleness to give data”, Judge Xavier de Souza from the eleventh criminal court of Sao Paulo said in the decision, suggesting a higher fine be forced on WhatsApp.
Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of parent company Facebook, echoed those sentiments in a post to the social media site.
WhatsApp co-founder Jan Koum tweeted a link to an article stating that nine out of 10 Brazilian doctors talk to their patients using WhatsApp, and added to his tweet, “sadly not right now”. “Brazilians have always been among the most passionate in sharing their voice online”, he wrote on Facebook.
The service offers free text and voice messaging over the internet, as well as the ability to make voice calls, also for free, and many people use it to communicate with family, friends and colleagues both inside of Brazil and overseas.
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“I am stunned that our efforts to protect people’s data would result in such an extreme decision”, he said. Most of the details regarding the case has been kept in hiding by the judge, which is allowed by a Brazilian court.
