Only it lasted several hours, but for millions of people was a real change in their daily lives. And the application crash WhatsApp surprised by court order Thursday to Brazil , where the instant messaging service is extremely popular.
The order of a judge in Sao Paulo forced to telephone operators Brazil to block WhatsApp for 48 hours and ruled between midnight and close noon on Thursday.
The ruling stated that WhatsApp “not had collaborated on several occasions asked to cooperate in a criminal investigation.” Finally, the Court of Sao Paulo ordered the release of the application, which occurred at the end of the morning.
Brazil is undergoing a recession from the first half of this year. (Photo: Getty)
In explaining this decision, Judge Xavier de Souza alluded to the widespread use of WhatsApp in Brazilian society. “In light of constitutional principles, not shown reasonable that millions of users are affected as a result of the inertia of the company” to give information to justice, he said.
From a judicial decision and the other, many Brazilians they had to adapt to the lack of a service that has become essential for their daily communications. “created another difficulty in our life, which is already complicated,” said Dr. Gilberto Aquino Leite, an orthodontist in Rio de Janeiro using the service to communicate with their patients.
“Just talking about it,”
WhastApp is the most widely used Brazil , with about 93 million users application.
In a country in economic crisis where mobile services are expensive and often leave much to be desired, the application is popular because it allows -written and exchange voice messages for free.
It is especially popular among young people and among those who do not have many financial resources, but is also used by professionals.
Leite said the blockade will generated a “professional difficulties” and had to resort to alternatives such as SMS messages to communicate with their patients.
He also said he had to change the method of communicating with his daughter, a student at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, within an artificial island next several favelas .
Some users are using SMS to communicate or seeking alternative instant messaging applications. (Photo: Getty).
“The cell sometimes no signal there, but WhatsApp If it works as is far away and is an area of violence, communicates a lot with me to advise that came good. “
However, said Thursday that used to Viber, which competes with WhatsApp , but sometimes fails to operate.
Bettina Lange, an English teacher in Rio de Janeiro that communicates with the parents of their students through WhatsApp , said the lack of service caused “many complications” . . “The first thing I did this morning was to connect to Facebook and using Messenger,” said
He said he discovered that network and other channels are offering free telephony ” On the internet just talking about that. “
According to the teacher, a former student of hers who is an engineer sent him the name of an application” seems that runs WhatsApp “despite the outage, but had failed to prove it.
Alternative
Indeed, several applications with VPN (Virtual Private Networks) system circulated in Brazil blocking solution WhatsApp because it allowed users to connect to the Internet from other countries, and therefore recover the service.
The courier WhatsApp is used by 93% of the population of Brazil that have Internet access, according to research from Connect, web platform polling institute Ibope.
Many Brazilians living abroad or businessmen who travel frequently also use this courier to communicate with theirs. “Blocking WhatsApp is very disappointing,” said Paula K., a Brazilian living in London.
Some phone operators are advising users to download other free applications on their phones. (Photo: Getty)
“In a country where telephone operators charge a fortune for a monthly plan, not to mention the high cost of calls international- use WhatsApp messaging and Internet calling it allows us to maintain direct contact with our families, friends and colleagues who live in Brazil “he said.
The story repeat
Some local media said the suspension of WhatsApp could be related to an investigation for drug trafficking being conducted by the Court of Sao Paulo.
According to the newspaper Folha de S.Paulo, the Agency requested access to the messages of an alleged member of a criminal gang, but the courier refused.
Justice held that WhastApp failed to comply with a court order on 23 July and again in August refuse, despite being fined for non-compliance.
Judge Sandra Regina Marques Nostre issued the suspension Wednesday, after finding that WhatsApp continued to ignore its decisions.
However, in the decision that suspended the blockade, De Souza magistrate said it was possible to raise the value of fines “at a level sufficient to inhibit eventual resistance” to court orders.
The founder and CEO of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, who now owns the messaging application, became involved in the controversy.
“Last night, a Brazilian court blocked WhatsApp more than 100 million people rely on using this application in the country”, he said while the service was blocked and said they were working to reverse the situation.
“Today is a sad day for Brazil ” he added, declaring themselves “shocked” that his “efforts to protect user data take such an extreme decision. “
On the other hand, the service was also affected in some countries like Chile, where users reported problems accessing the application.
” shortsighted decision “
Jam Koum, WhatsApp director:” It’s sad to see how Brazil is isolated from the rest of the world. ” (Photo: Getty)
The director and cofounder of WhatsApp , Jan Koum, also said he was “disappointed” with the “short-sighted decision” to cut court service access. “It is sad to see how Brazil is isolated itself from the rest of the world itself,” said Koum.
But this was not the first time the Brazilian court imposed a blockade on the service WhatsApp .
In February this year, an investigation into a pedophile ring was the reason to stall access to the application, which benefited his competitor Telegram, which announced the addition of two new million users.
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