Brazil has blocked WhatsApp for the third time in a year
Jul19
We’re going through a bit of déjà vu here: a Brazilian judge has ordered a nationwide block on WhatsApp after the company refused to comply with a court order to reveal user information in a crime investigation. The most recent block happened in May, causing 100 million users to have to use alternative services (Telegram being the popular choice). A previous one happened in December 2015. Communications operators were informed at 11:30 AM local time (Río de Janeiro) and must block the service. Users are now starting to seeing the effects of the blockage trickle in: Whatsapp parou 👎🏻 —…
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