Brazil court lifts suspension of Facebook's WhatsApp service
- 8 years ago
A Brazilian judge on Thursday ordered the lifting of a 48-hour suspension of the services in Brazil of Facebook Inc’s WhatsApp phone-messaging application, overturning an order from a lower court.
The interruption of WhatsApp’s text message and Internet telephone service caused outrage in Latin America’s largest country, where the company estimates it has 100 million personal users, and led to angry exchanges on the floor of Congress.
Rival messaging system Telegram said on Twitter that it received 1 million downloads in Brazil in one day due to the outage.
After several hours of suspension, WhatsApp services were restored following the injunction from the higher court.
“Considering the constitutional principles, it does not look reasonable that millions of users be affected as a result of the company’s inertia to provide information,” Judge Xavier de Souza from the 11th criminal court of Sao Paulo said in a ruling, recommending a higher fine be imposed on WhatsApp.
The interruption of WhatsApp’s text message and Internet telephone service caused outrage in Latin America’s largest country, where the company estimates it has 100 million personal users, and led to angry exchanges on the floor of Congress.
Rival messaging system Telegram said on Twitter that it received 1 million downloads in Brazil in one day due to the outage.
After several hours of suspension, WhatsApp services were restored following the injunction from the higher court.
“Considering the constitutional principles, it does not look reasonable that millions of users be affected as a result of the company’s inertia to provide information,” Judge Xavier de Souza from the 11th criminal court of Sao Paulo said in a ruling, recommending a higher fine be imposed on WhatsApp.