WhatsApp officially un-banned in Brazil after third block in eight months
by Staff and agencies from Technology | The Guardian on (#1MTTF)
Supreme court overturns judge's order to mobile phone companies to block access after owner Facebook stood by refusal to intercept texts for police inquiry
Brazil's federal supreme court has suspended a judge's ruling ordering mobile phone companies to indefinitely block access to Facebook's WhatsApp - the third such decision against the popular phone messaging app in eight months.
The Rio de Janeiro judge Daniela Barbosa ruled that access to the application should be blocked immediately because WhatsApp's owner, Facebook, had shown "total disrespect for Brazilian laws".
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