Sao Paulo. Millions of Brazilians woke up on Thursday without the WhatsApp after the unprecedented decision of a judge in the state of Sao Paulo to suspend for 48 hours using the popular messaging and telephony service.
The decision has provoked outrage in Brazil , where millions of people exchange text messages, voice, video and photos for free with this installed application on their smartphones to avoid high prices mobile operators.
The ruling by Judge Sandra Regina Nostre Marques, of the city of Sao Bernardo do Campo, he sought to enforce an old order of justice for access to personal data of users in a base case summary .
“The decision was handed down in a criminal court process continues with stealth. This is because WhatsApp did not attend a judicial determination on July 23, 2015. On August 7, the company was again notified, being fixed a fine in case of non-compliance, “he said in a statement the State of Sao Paulo. WhatsApp ignored the summons, the prosecution asked the judge blocking based on the civil law part of the Internet, and she agreed.
According to the chain Band News TV The case relates to a drug trafficker linked to PCC, or First Command of the Capital, one of the largest and most dangerous gangs of Sao Paulo. The trafficker allegedly used the services of WhatsApp in the commission of crimes.
Band News did not say how it obtained the information.
The union companies mobile confirmed it had received the order and were “forced” to do it, said the site G1 Globo CEO Eduardo Levy.
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“A sad day “
” This is a sad day for Brazil , “said Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook chief and owner of WhatsApp .
“I am astonished that our efforts to protect the private data of individuals culminate in such an extreme decision, taken by a single judge, who punishes all users of WhatsApp Brazil “, but” we are working hard to reverse, “he said on his Facebook profile.
Zuckerberg advised to Brazilian users WhatsApp using Meanwhile the Facebook Messenger.
At least one of the four main mobile operators in Brazil, Oi, appealed the ruling claiming damages suspension of service to all customers.
“This hurts consumers and affecting millions of users of the night to day. It gives no time to make a communication to customers, they will think that the problem is with the operator, “Levy said.
The president of the National Telecommunications Agency (Anatel, state), Joao Rezende, either hid their disagreement.
“The blockade is not the solution, because it is disproportionate and harmful to millions of users,” said the newspaper O Globo.
Thousands of Brazilians getting however circumvent the ban by installing different applications that instantly enable VPN service messaging and telephony.
The blockade was the delight of Telegram, the messaging application Russian Pavel Durov rival WhatsApp , which announced on Twitter have added 1.5 million new users in Brazil in a few hours.
Brazil , with 204 million inhabitants, had late Last year more than 280 million mobile phone subscriptions, of which 6.7 million are 4G. Three of every 10 Brazilians have a smart phone.
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# EnEstas48HorasVoy to … –
The cell phone has become an extension of the hands of Brazilians, ‘selfies’ are taken incessantly and exchanged frantic messages on social networks.
Twitter is quickly filled messages about the suspension, which 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 service. 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 appear among the Trending Topics with #Telegram and #iMessage (Apple service). Also the # Nessas48HorasEuVou (# EnEstas48HorasVoy) in which many advanced their plans.
“# EnEstas48HorasVoy to do a marathon [movie] before a judge to blockNetflixBrasil comes to mind,” he wrote a 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.”
Brazil Survive? . The response within 48 hours
Source: AFP / Reuters
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