WhatsApp three days blocked in Brazil

- The Internet service WhatsApp used by tens of millions of people in Brazil is blocked in the country for 72 hours. The judgment was Monday at the five largest telecom providers in the fifth largest country in the world communicated. The blockade must Monday at 14:00 (local time) to enter.

The drastic step was ordered by Judge Marcel Montalvão, who also possessed the beginning of March on the brief arrest of Vice President Diego Dzodan Facebook in South America. In both cases, the aim was that the companies refuse conversation protocols of alleged drug traffickers available to the judiciary. If telecom operators fail to implement the verdict, they risk fines of the equivalent of 127 000 per day, the judge said.

The Brazilian Justice continuously attempts to gain access to chat protocols on possible criminal offenses.