Judge lifts WhatsApp ban in Brazil after ruling block punished users unfairly
by Jonathan Watts in Rio de Janeiro from Technology | The Guardian on (#Y0SD)
Messaging service used by millions of Brazilians was meant to be blocked for 48 hours to pressure app's owner Facebook to cooperate in criminal investigation
Millions of Brazilian WhatsApp users had their service disrupted for hours on Thursday as judges flipped back and forth on how to punish the company for failing to cooperate with a criminal investigation.
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