Whatsapp Messenger Banned for Two days by The Goverment in Brazil

Popular messaging app owned by Facebook, WhatsApp, has been banned in Brazil for two days.

According to a reports the app was banned for failing to comply with a court order.
"The company did not attend the court order [and so] the prosecution requested the blocking of services for a period of 48 hours, based on the law," according to the 1 criminal court of São Bernardo do Campo in São Paulo in its statement. The CNBC reports that the case for which WhatsApp has been banned is related to the use of voice-over-internet (VOIP) calls through WhatsApp. The report states that Brazilian phone companies have argued that this classifies WhatsApp as a telecommunications company and as such should be governed by Brazilian laws. All the major mobile networks have been told to block access to WhatsApp for two days starting from 2am GMT on Thursday.
Techcrunch reports that over 93% of the Internet users in Brazil – about 110 million people, use WhatsApp so as to avoid excess phone bills. Meanwhile, Telegram, a rival messaging service which is popular for its security features, has gained excess traffic in Brazil since the court’s ruling passed. In a tweet the company said it had 1.500.000 and counting, SMS-Gateways overloading. Hang on, your codes are coming! We've got all hands on deck to accommodate the crazy load. Jan Koum, founder of WhatsApp, said he was “disappointed” in the decision of the Brazilian court via a Facebook status (which was liked by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg). WhatsApp currently averages 900 million monthly active users worldwide.

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Posted: at 17-12-2015 01:19 PM (8 years ago) | Addicted Hero

يراقب الله !!!

Posted: at 17-12-2015 02:28 PM (8 years ago) | Gistmaniac

OK OK

Posted: at 17-12-2015 03:13 PM (8 years ago) | Hero

This is one thing I love about this civilized countries no companies messes with them, if it it my country the government will not even care about the position of the people if the are alright or not.

Posted: at 17-12-2015 07:03 PM (8 years ago) | Hero

Bad market for them.

Posted: at 17-12-2015 09:50 PM (8 years ago) | Hero

They would have complied with the court order nah, coz no one is above the law

Posted: at 20-12-2015 12:38 PM (8 years ago) | Gistmaniac

Hahaha,maybe what's app messenger thinks that they are above the law,but them get luck say na just 48 hours ban,if na two weeks,dem go hearam wella.

Posted: at 23-12-2015 09:52 AM (8 years ago) | Hero

Bad market for Mr Mark.

Posted: at 5-01-2016 08:32 AM (8 years ago) | Gistmaniac