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05-04-2016, 03:17 AM
WhatsApp is back online in Brazil after 24-hour ban
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Facebook's WhatsApp is back online in Brazil after the service was temporarily banned Monday, following a judge's ruling.*
Service was restored Tuesday after**on after a**ther judge in an appeals court reversed the ban, The Wall Street Journal reported. WhatsApp was offline for about 24 hours.
SEE ALSO: WhatsApp is blocked in Brazil — again (http://mashable.com/2016/05/02/brazil-blocks-whatsapp-again/?utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=)
WhatsApp is extremely popular in the country and has more than 100 million users in Brazil, according to Facebook.
Monday's ruling, which resulted in the app's brief ban, stemmed from a court case (http://mashable.com/2016/05/02/brazil-blocks-whatsapp-again/) that demanded WhatsApp turn over user data the company says it doesn't have. WhatsApp recently rolled out support for end-to-end encryption on all its apps and has repeatedly said it can't access chat logs or other personal information.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/05/03/whatsapp-back-online-in-brazil/)
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Facebook's WhatsApp is back online in Brazil after the service was temporarily banned Monday, following a judge's ruling.*
Service was restored Tuesday after**on after a**ther judge in an appeals court reversed the ban, The Wall Street Journal reported. WhatsApp was offline for about 24 hours.
SEE ALSO: WhatsApp is blocked in Brazil — again (http://mashable.com/2016/05/02/brazil-blocks-whatsapp-again/?utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=)
WhatsApp is extremely popular in the country and has more than 100 million users in Brazil, according to Facebook.
Monday's ruling, which resulted in the app's brief ban, stemmed from a court case (http://mashable.com/2016/05/02/brazil-blocks-whatsapp-again/) that demanded WhatsApp turn over user data the company says it doesn't have. WhatsApp recently rolled out support for end-to-end encryption on all its apps and has repeatedly said it can't access chat logs or other personal information.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/05/03/whatsapp-back-online-in-brazil/)
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