Whatsapp has prove to beinsanely popularin Brazil , as thenumber - one most used appin the country . But that does n’t weigh to a Brazilian court , which has arrange a 48 - hr blockade of the service over an injunction from a mysterious third party .
The court has put Brazil ’s telecoms companies to draw a blank access to the app for 48 hours , starting at 0200 GMT on Thursday . The block is a penalty for WhatsApp ’s refusal to commune with the court . allot to a statement put out by the court :
“ Because WhatsApp did not respond to a homage order of July 23 , 2015 , on August 7 , 2015 , the company was again notified , with there being a fixed penalty in case of non - compliance . As yet the caller did not attend the courtyard decree , the prosecution quest the blocking of religious service for a menstruation of 48 hour , based on the law [ … ] , which was granted by Judge Sandra Regina Nostre Marques . ”
The court guild relate to a third party seeking an injunction against WhatsApp . The judge kept the name of the third company a secret , but it fall at a time when Brazilian mobile phone company are lobbying against WhatsApp accept away their SMS and representative call business .
Entrentched industries strap out against a novel technical school solution is n’t precisely news show , but the “ fixed penalty ” in this case seems bizarre . Sure , the move will hurt WhatsApp — other message servicesare already starting to take up the slack — but it will bother Brazilian citizen far more .
[ Reuters ]
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