Authorities said they can’t disclose details of the criminal investigation because it’s an ongoing case. “It has not been shown reasonable that millions of users should be affected as a result of the company’s inertia”, he said. “This is a sad day for Brazil”, Zuckerberg said on Facebook, in English and Portuguese.
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There was outrage in Brazil after the WhatsApp text messaging service was interrupted – the country boasts more than 100 million users. According to data from research firm Opinion Box, 86% of Brazilians have used WhatsApp, while other research points to more than 90%, making it the most used app in the country above Facebook.
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Brazil’s biggest telecoms put up scant fight against the judicial order.
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The report states that Brazilian phone companies have argued that this classifies WhatsApp as a telecommunications company and as such should be governed by Brazilian laws. SindiTelebrasil, the country’s phone-company association, said it would comply with the ruling, though technically it’s a very complicated process.
The messaging app is the most popular app in Brazil, used by about 93 percent of the population, according to a survey cited by TechTudo, a Brazilian tech website.
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Social media companies such as Facebook, WhatsApp and Twitter have huge amounts of users in Brazil. However, the exact reason behind the latest block hasn’t been revealed, although it’s said that the issue is related to a third-party, as noted by the Telegraph.
The university student planned to meet friends to exchange Christmas presents on her school’s campus, but they’d meant to consult over WhatsApp on Thursday exactly where they’d gather. The block is a punishment for WhatsApp’s refusal to communicate with the court.
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Millions of Brazilians woke up shocked and cranky Thursday after the popular WhatsApp smartphone messaging application was shut down for two days on a judge’s order.
