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WhatsApp Brazil Shuts Down For 72 Hours: Here's Why

By Jenn Loro - May 04, 2016 12:04 PM EDT

For the second time, a regional court in Brazil has ordered telecom companies in the Brazil to block access to the country’s most popular messaging service, the Facebook-owned WhatsApp for 72 hours. The ongoing dispute has been raging on for months as Brazilian authorities felt frustrated for not being able to gain access to WhatsApp’s encrypted data they need to pursue criminal investigations.

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