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Second Brazil Whatsapp Block Overturned

takyon writes:

http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSKCN0XU1YY

A judicial order blocking WhatsApp in Brazil has been overturned by a different judge. The WhatsApp block marks the second time in five months that the messaging app has been blocked in Brazil.

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 reason for the order was not made public due to legal secrecy in an ongoing case before the state court.

However, a different judge from the state tribunal intervened to cancel Monday's ruling following an appeal from WhatsApp's lawyers, the court said in a statement.

WhatsApp Ban Lifted in Brazil

A judge ordered Brazil's telecom providers in the country to block WhatsApp (again) in a dispute over access to chat records related to a drug investigation, but WhatsApp has argued that it cannot access the chats in an unencrypted form and therefore cannot provide the required records to the court.

Brazil has lifted the ban after only 48 hours, and interestingly enough, Telegram has reported to have a surge of 1 million users, hours after the ban's taking effect.

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1. "takyon" - https://soylentnews.org/~takyon/
2. "block WhatsApp" - http://qz.com/674498/brazil-just-shut-down-whatsapp-for-roughly-100-million-people-again/
3. "lifted the ban" - http://www.reuters.com/article/us-facebook-brazil-whatsapp-unblock-idUSKCN0XU1YY
4. "reported" - https://twitter.com/telegram/status/727200237308227585
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