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Brazil Judge Overturns 72-Hour Suspension Of Whatsapp


Ron Burgundy
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An illustration photo shows the Whatsapp application logo on a mobile phone in Rio de Janeiro, BrazilBy Natalia Scalzaretto SAO PAULO (Reuters) - A Brazilian judge on Tuesday overturned a suspension of Facebook Inc's WhatsApp messaging application that affected some 100 million users, after many people voiced frustration at the second such freeze in five months in the South American country. On Monday, a judge in the northeastern state of Sergipe had ordered Brazil's five main wireless operators to block access to WhatsApp for 72 hours. The judge who ordered the suspension, Marcel Maia Montalvão, in March ordered the imprisonment of a Brazil-based Facebook executive in a dispute over law enforcement demands for data from the company’s encrypted messaging service for use in a drug trafficking investigation.




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