[kictanet] Brazilians Locked out of WhatsApp

[Paul Roy]

Ebele,

This is going to open a whole set of regulatory concerns around privacy vs.
security.

Following this keenly!

Paul Roy.

On Thu, Dec 17, 2015 at 12:55 PM, Ebele Okobi via kictanet <
kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

> Uber moment? Tell me more!
>
> WhatsApp is protecting the privacy rights of its users-here's a FB post
> from WhatsApp's founder, Jan Koum (btw, when you get a chance, look up his
> personal history. It gives a sense of why he is so passionate about the
> right to privacy.)
>
> "We are disappointed in the short-sighted decision to cut off access to
> WhatsApp, a communication tool that so many Brazilians have come to depend
> on, and sad to see Brazil isolate itself from the rest of the world."
>
> Ebele Okobi | Head of Public Policy, Africa
>
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> On Dec 17, 2015, at 9:42 AM, Mose Karanja via kictanet <
> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>
> A Brazilian judge has ordered a 48 hour WhatsApp lockdown.
> The order claims WhatsApp refused to cooperate with Law Enforcement
> agencies on data handover.
> The harshness of the verdict is thus seen as a retaliation to show whois
> boss.
> However, there is the Telco Lobby pushing for regulation (that word again)
> of VOIP (WhatsApp calls) under the claim that Brazilians are no longer
> using voice calls and yet they are taxed for the spectrum which WhatsApp is
> not being taxed for since it is not classified as a Telco.
>
> You can read more here (in Portuguese):
>
> http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/mercado/2015/12/1719934-justica-determina-bloqueio-do-whatsapp-em-todo-brasil-por-48-horas.shtml
>
> or here in English
>
> http://techcrunch.com/2015/12/16/brazils-congress-has-shut-down-whatsapp-tonight-and-the-rest-of-the-social-web-could-be-next/?ncid=rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Techcrunch+%28TechCrunch%29&utm_content=FaceBook&sr_share=facebook
> <http://techcrunch.com/2015/12/16/brazils-congress-has-shut-down-whatsapp-tonight-and-the-rest-of-the-social-web-could-be-next/?ncid=rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+Techcrunch+(TechCrunch)&utm_content=FaceBook&sr_share=facebook>
>
> An Uber-moment for WhatsApp.
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