Messaging service said shutdown – the second in five months – ‘punishes’ more than 100 million users in Brazil in attempt to get information amid court caseA Brazilian judge has ordered wireless phone carriers to block access to Facebook Incs WhatsApp for 72 hours throughout Latin America’s largest country on Monday, the second such hurry against the accepted messaging application in five months. The decision by the judge in the north-eastern state of Sergipe applies to the five main wireless operators in Brazil and affects WhatsApp’s more than 100 million users in the country. The reason for the order is not known due to legal secrecy in an ongoing case in the Sergipe state court.
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Source: theguardian.com