Saturday, July 2, 2016

Brazil freezes Facebook credits in drug case WhatsApp – NU.nl

Earlier WhatsApp already been blocked in the country, because the messaging service will not provide information about users who were involved in a drug ring.

According WhatsApp this data can not be handed over to the Brazilian government, since messages are encrypted by the service and the company here itself does not understand.

the researchers say that links between gang members in Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay and Spain difficult to prove without the WhatsApp data, reports Reuters Thursday. WhatsApp has no personal accounts in Brazil, so therefore decided a court to freeze funds on the accounts of parent company Facebook.

It is unclear what that will have an impact on the operations of Facebook in Brazil. The company has not yet responded to the statement

By:. NU.nl

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