WhatsApp Lock – The Brazilian government goes to war with the Internet – Interia

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Power in Brazil declared war on Internet users. In the country’s 48-hour blocked the application WhatsApp, used to communicate on the network. It is owned by Facebook. On the plans of the Brazilian government does not stop there – very possible that the next to the next will be social networking.

Brazil begins to censor applications used to communicate on the network

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The court in Brazil ordered 48-hour block on the application WhatsApp, accusing its creators lack of cooperation in the legal proceedings. IM Lock will last until Friday evening. Brazil is one of the countries with the largest number of users of the application. Persons using WhatsApp informed that the application has stopped working approx. H. 23.30 (local time) on Wednesday.

Lock ordered a court in Sao Bernardo in Sao Paulo state, ordering her execution telecommunications companies. The reason for this decision is a criminal case, in which, according to the court the company did not want to cooperate. We do not know what the procedure is. In August, WhatsApp was informed that threatens to blockade if it does not comply with an order cooperation with the departments. Since the company did not react to the warning, the prosecution demanded the blocking of its services, which in Brazil is a precedent – writes agency dpa. In February WhatsApp it is blocked in Brazil, but the appellate court lifted the blockade; according to the media company does not want to then give the police information on the case related to the case of pedophilia.

“It’s a sad day for Brazil. So far, Brazil has been our ally in the creation of a free Internet. Brazilians have always belonged to one of the most active groups that is not afraid to express their opinion in the network “- wrote on his facebook profile of Mark Zuckerberg, who from October 2014, he bought WhatsApp for $ 19 billion. “I am surprised that, despite our efforts to protect the data, it was decided on such a radical step,” – said the creator of Facebook, on the occasion of using the tag #ConnectBrazil

According to estimates, in Brazil, home to more than 35 million users WhatsApp, an application for smartphones that allows free text messaging, voice, image files, video clips and phone calls with the appropriate Internet connection. For many users, WhatsApp virtually replaced traditional phone calls and text messages.

What led to this decision? The website Techcrunch says that a court decision is the lobby of mobile operators who take WhatsApp and the like apps formidable competition. According to information from the local media, parliament, if you will bow under the influence of lobby telecommunications can block access to other web messaging platforms (Facebook, Viber, Twitter). Moreover, the Brazilian government plans to implement draconian law that would allow punishment to six years imprisonment for inclusion in the network photo of a person who does not agree to that.