WhatsApp is back online in Brazil after 24-hour ban
 

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.

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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 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...


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