WhatsApp temporarily suspended in Brazil

Name: WhatsApp temporarily suspended in Brazil
Uploaded: 2016-07-20T07:03:37.000Z
Duration: 1 min 47 s
Description: WhatsApp was temporarily suspended in Brazil after a judge said the company had failed to hand over information requested in a criminal investigation

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The popular smartphone app, WhatsApp was blocked in Brazil for part of Tuesday when a judge in Rio de Janeiro ordered mobile phone operators to suspend it.

It is the third time in two years WhatsApp has been threatened.

Candace Piette reports.

Latin America & Caribbean

20 July 2016