This morning the service had been canceled; the instant messaging application has over 100 million users in the country
BRASILIA (Reuters) .- A Brazilian court ordered today to lift a blockade of 48 hours a mobile messaging application WhatsApp, property Facebook Inc, annulling a decision of a lower court.
Brazilian telephone company service blocked text messages and phone calls in the South American giant since midnight local time (0200 GMT Thursday) after order court, angering users of the application.
WhatsApp has more than 100 million users in Brazil.
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Brazil WhatsApp for 48 hours without a court order
Brazil access to mobile messaging application WhatsApp had been suspended after a judge said local telephone companies block the popular service for 48 hours for failing to comply with a court order in a criminal case.
Sinditelbrasil, the association representing telecommunications operators in Brazil, said yesterday afternoon received the order to lock in WhatsApp smartphones largest country in Latin America. Members of the association blocked the service at midnight (0200 GMT Thursday) as requested by the court.
“We are disappointed with the shortsighted decision to cut off access to WhatsApp a communication tool so many Brazilians have come to rely on, and sad to see Brazil isolated from the rest of the world, “said Jan Koum, WhatsApp chief executive, in a statement posted on Facebook.
Brazilian telephony companies They had tried unsuccessfully to get the government to limit the use of voice over internet protocol (VOIP, for its acronym in English) that are offered through WhatsApp, controlled by Facebook.
telecoms operators argue that WhatsApp offers free calls to undermine their own telephony services.
But according to Band News TV chain, the suspension was due to the case of a drug trafficker linked to the PCC, or First Command Capital, one of the largest and most dangerous criminal gangs, who allegedly used the services of WhatsApp in the commission of crimes.
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