The shutdown in Brazil, Latin America’s largest country, comes as Brazilian telecommunications companies have sought to curtail the meteoric growth of WhatsApp, which is used by people around the world to send texts without paying carrier fees.
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A court in Sao Paulo had ordered mobile phone operators to block the WhatsApp Messenger smartphone application for two days.
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Based on comments from Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook – which owns WhatsApp – it can be inferred that WhatsApp refused to surrender the user’s data to the Brazilian authorities. Reports suggest that it involves a drug trafficker associated with Sao Paulo’s biggest criminal gangs, who allegedly used WhatsApp. “I am staggered that our endeavors to ensure individuals’ information would bring about such an incredible choice by a solitary judge to rebuff each individual in Brazil who utilizes WhatsApp”.
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Facebook urged users to complain in the hope that the judge will reverse the order.
WhatsApp is now being lobbied against in Brazil, with telecoms operators disputing the service’s legality.
A judge in Brazil has ordered a suspension of the popular messaging application WhatsApp to be lifted. “Brazilians have always been among the most passionate in sharing their voice online”, Zuckerberg said in a statement, urging a reversal.
Technology companies often run into roadblocks in Brazil’s complicated legal system, where single judges have in the past tried to block Facebook, Google and other services for various reasons, such as failure to remove offensive posts or not handing over user information for investigations. The temporary blockade has forced millions of new users to switch to rival app Telegram, who since the ban has seen over 1.5 million sign-ups. But the association representing the cellphone industry, SindiTelebrazil, denied in a statement those companies were the plaintiffs in the case. Many of them have even tried to persuade the government to limit access to such services in Brazil.
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Zuckerberg called the blockage “a sad day for Brazil”, adding that the company is working to get it reversed.
