Many Brazilians feel something strange in the next 48 hours the lack of WhatsApp.
A judge in Sao Bernardo do Campo (São Paulo, southeast) on Wednesday ordered the suspension of the popular messaging service and internet telephony, for two days from midnight on Thursday (2h00 GMT).
So, in this huge country of 204 million people, where three of every 10 people have a smartphone, users will shelter in social networks, which are also addicted.
The order of Judge Sandra Regina Marques sought to Nostre will meet an old order of justice.
After midnight, the message “Connecting” displayed when no cellular coverage remained fixed on the screen. Wireless Internet also served, noted journalists from AFP.
“The decision was handed down in a criminal process followed by court secrecy. That’s because WhatsApp not attend a judicial determination on July 23, 2015. On August 7, the company was again notified, “he said in a statement the State of Sao Paulo, where the order was issued.
According to the G1 website of Globo, the courier would have refused to provide information for a police investigation.
The union of the mobile phone companies confirmed earlier that was ordered and were “forced” to do it, he told the G1 website of Globo president Eduardo Levy.
WhatsApp not so far ruled on Twitter or on their website. For Facebook called WhatsApp Brazil, but clearly unofficial 92,000 followers, gave recommendations for installing a VPN and outwit the suspension
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Twitter is quickly filled messages about the suspension, including many believed impossible. In February, a judge in the state of Piauí (northeast) had already ordered unsuccessfully to suspend the popular service.
“Now it was complicated,” wrote one netizen, summing up the feelings of many at the two difficult days that lie ahead without servcio. Some convened to download other applications like Telegram and some remembered the old Microsoft Messenger
Taking advantage of the situation, the mayor of Rio published. “48 hours without WhatsApp and the good news is you do not need it for namely traffic in Rio “.
#WhatsApp appeared among Trending Topics with #Telegram and #iMessage (Apple service). Also the # Nessas48HorasEuVou (# EnEstas48HorasVoy) in which many advanced their plans.
“# EnEstas48HorasVoy to do a marathon it [film] before a judge can thinkNetflixBrasil block” wrote one user. “# EnEstas48HorasVoy to sit and mourn,” posted another.
Another more optimistic #YoSobrevivi label is “the end of the world in 2000″ and “12 years without WhatsApp and nobody believes that I will go mad.”
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