WhatsApp block in Brazil overturned after court appeal and user complaints
by Reuters from Technology | The Guardian on (#1CPBK)
- Monday's ruling for 72-hour shutdown of messaging app was cancelled
- Original order would have been country's second block in five months
- Brazilian judge orders mobile providers to block WhatsApp for 72 hours
A Brazilian judge has 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 north-eastern state of Sergipe had ordered Brazil's five main wireless operators to block access to WhatsApp for 72 hours. The reason for the order was not made public due to legal secrecy in an ongoing case before the state court.
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