WhatsApp Ordered Blocked Again in Brazil Over Data Dispute
- Access to messaging app cut off for 72 hours starting Monday
- WhatsApp says it doesn't have the data that is being requested
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Facebook Inc.’s WhatsApp messaging service was ordered blocked in Brazil for the second time in less than six months for failing to turn over data in a criminal investigation.
Judge Marcel Montalvao, from the northeastern state of Sergipe, told phone companies to block WhatsApp for 72 hours, according to a statement posted on the court’s website Monday.