End the ‘War of the judges’ in Brazil to block the app messaging. After the order for detention by a magistarto, the court imposes the release of the app. Confusion among Brazilian users and protests of Mark Zuckerberg
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A court of second instance in Brazil, Xavier de Souza ordered the mobile operators to immediately restore the service WhatsApp which had been locked from midnight Wednesday across the country by order of a criminal court of the city of Sao Bernardo do Campo, a town on the outskirts of Sao Paulo.
According to the Court of Justice of São Paulo, the judge in Sao Bernardo do Campo had decided the hang of ‘instant messaging application for 48 hours across Brazil after administrators WhatsApp had refused to provide requested information in a criminal investigation against one of its user.
The new ruling It states that “by virtue of constitutional principles is not reasonable that millions of users see affected by the omission of the company to provide information to justice.” The precise reason the block was not revealed because of judicial secrecy, but is in connection with a judicial order of 23 July 2015 which WhatsApp has not responded. On 7 August 2015 the company was sent a new notification and a fine was imposed for the event that he had not complied with the request, but since WhatsApp has not responded – says the decision – Justice imposed in the end Amenities block for 48 hours from last midnight local time.
The measure bothered to users, which in Brazil represent 90% of the population, about 93 million people. The platform for messaging is owned by Mark Zuckerberg, co-founder and owner of Facebook Messenger and Instagram. Zuckerberg said he was “shocked” by the story, but also took the opportunity to suggest users to use for calls his other service, Messenger. Telcos Brazilian, the same that they had to follow the judge’s order, accusing long WhatsApp unfair competition.
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