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    Brazil blocks WhatsApp

    Author: CNN
    May 3, 2016 at 10:06

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    Starting about 2 p.m., the app ceased to function, a move sure to frustrate and anger Brazilians who use the messaging and free-calling functions regularly.
    Rio de Janeiro (CNN)A regional judge on Monday ordered all telephone operators in Brazil to block WhatsApp, the popular messaging app owned by Facebook, for failing to turn over data as part of an ongoing drug trafficking investigation. ...

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