News involving a possible blockade of the Whatsapp in Brazil they are not new.
Last February, a judge from Piau ordered the suspension of the service in Brazil (supposedly because of pedophilia images / videos traffic), but a judge overturned the decision claiming it was unreasonable (the suspension of the service affects thousands of people , in favor of a local investigation).
Today, however, according to the Folha de S.Paulo, cell phone operators received a court order to block WhatsApp from operating nationwide for 48 hours. SindiTelebrasil (National Union of Telephone Companies and Mobile and Personal Mobile Services) stated that the operators will comply with the judicial order, which will take effect as of 12:00 am on Thursday (17/12).
Also according to the newspaper, the measure was imposed under penalty of a fine by Justia de So Paulo through a precautionary measure, but everything is still kept confidential.
It is worth noting that operators only have the means to block the use of WhatsApp on their networks, after all, they have no control over what the user does when connected to a Wi-Fi network.
We will see how this story unfolds
(tip from Robson Fernandes)
Update · 12/16/2015 at 20:55
@DoisnaWEB @IDGNow got the content of the blocking order of #Whatsapp pic.twitter/ZZO4Xc6LJ8
– Paulo Ren: Hacker of Justia from SL (@prenass) December 16, 2015
According to the WhatsApp blocking order, both mobile internet service providers (Claro, Oi, Vivo, TIM and Nextel) and fixed (NET, GVT, Live TIM, etc.) must suspend access to the application they have to do with investigations of “criminal faces”.
Update II · 12/16/2015 s 23:17
And look at the effect of the blockade
More than 500,000 users from Brazil joined Telegram in the past three hours.
– Telegram Brasil (@telegram_br) December 17, 2015
We are trying to accommodate this incredible load and we apologize for any temporary problems.
– Telegram Brasil (@telegram_br) December 17, 2015
Another one that is also connected at the moment in Brazil is Wire, see:
WhatsApp blocked? Talk and talk normally with Wire!
Who would say
Update III · 12/16/2015 s 23:27
More than 1,000,000 new users from Brazil today and increasing. If you also joined now, read this: https://t.co/ZeIhNBxqMF
– Telegram Brasil (@telegram_br) December 17, 2015
It's even hard to keep up with Telegram numbers!
Update IV, by Rafael Fischmann · 12/17/2015 s 00:20
And, in fact, WhatsApp is already inaccessible via most Brazilian internet providers.
