Brazil, stopped n. 2 Facebook: WhatsApp does not disclose information to the police – The Messenger

The vice-president of Facebook for Latin America has been arrested in Brazil has refused to cooperate in an investigation into drug trafficking in the state of Sergipe, in the northeast part of the country.

According to reports today by local police in a statement, Diego Dzodan (an Argentine) was arrested in Sao Paulo for questioning after refused to comply with a court order requiring him to reveal information relating to the case transmitted via Facebook.

a Brazilian judge last December had also temporarily blocked WhatsApp, the famous application of instant messaging controlled by social networks, because she refused to share information with the authorities about another case of crime.

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“ We are embittered. It is an extreme decision and not proportionate ‘. So a Facebook spokesman said, speaking to the technology site Gizmodo, the arrest in Brazil, the number two social network in Latin America. ‘ We have always been and will continue to be available to cooperate with the authorities ‘ , he added.

“We are very disappointed that the application of the law has come to this extreme point. WhatsApp can not provide information that does not. We have worked to the best of our abilities in this case and if on the one hand respect the important work of law enforcement, on the other we strongly disagree with their decision. ” This is the official position of WhatsApp on the arrest of the two Facebook numbers for Latin America.

“We are not able to provide information which we did not, the police arrested someone on data that does not exist. In addition, WhatsApp and Facebook operate independently, so the decision to arrest an employee of another company is an extreme and unwarranted step “, adds the spokesperson of WhatsApp.

” We can not comment on this specific investigation , except to say that we worked as we could view the architecture of our service – said the company – WhatsApp does not store the messages of the people. Li holds up to that is not delivered after only exist on users’ devices. Moreover – he concludes – we have put in place a strong encryption system ‘end-to-end’, which means that the messages of the people are protected against online criminals. No one, neither WhatsApp or anyone else can intercept or impair the user’s posts “.
         

             Tuesday, March 1, 2016, 17:07 – Last Updated: 03:40
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