On December 17, 2015, São Paulo prosecutors filed a claim
against Facebook Brazil to have its messaging application WhatsApp
suspended after Facebook refused to disclose certain users'
personal information in connection with a criminal case. A state
judge took down the application for 48 hours when Facebook failed
to comply with the order. Facebook immediately appealed and had the
order reversed within 12 hours of the service suspension.
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