[kictanet] Brazilians Locked out of WhatsApp

[Mose Karanja]

Uber disrupted the taxi ecosystem so immensely that some taxi unions
started attacks on Uber the company and Uber the product arguing they are
taxed and licensed yet their new competitors are not taxed. They hope(d)
the regulators would side with their argument. Some did some didn't.

The Uber-moment is thus (in my world) that point in the life of a
disruptive product when the existing dominant player seeks favor from the
regulators to block that which 'they can't understand'.

Cue in Bob Dylan's Times are A Changing :)
On 17 Dec 2015 13:31, "Paul Roy" <roykoikai at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
>>
>> m. +44 (0) 771 156 1315 <+44%20(0)%20771%20156%201315>
>>
>> 10 Brock Street | London | NW1 3FG
>>
>> ebeleokobi at fb.com
>>
>> [image: 6F376569-CC77-422B-BAD3-794055B1E02B]
>>
>> 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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