Title: Brazil Briefly Blocks WhatsApp

Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/693/braz_audio.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Brazil Briefly Blocks WhatsApp' data-article-id='1079'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='8583'>A court in Brazil Thursday suspended the messaging service WhatsApp for 48 hours.</span> <span data-start-time='8583' data-end-time='19667'>WhatsApp reportedly failed to agree to the court’s order to give investigators information connected to a criminal case.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='19667' data-end-time='25313'>More than 100 million people in Brazil use WhatsApp. </span> <span data-start-time='25313' data-end-time='31271'>Brazilians protested the suspension on social media Thursday. </span> <span data-start-time='31271' data-end-time='41792'>The Brazilian Portuguese hashtag (#Nessas48HorasEuVou) that translates to “In These 48 Hours I Will... trended worldwide on Twitter. </span> <span data-start-time='41792' data-end-time='51604'>Twitter users joked about what they would do with their time during the next 48 hours instead of using WhatsApp.</span> <span data-start-time='' data-end-time=''></span> <span data-start-time='51604' data-end-time='54375'>Facebook owns WhatsApp. </span> <span data-start-time='54375' data-end-time='60979'>On Thursday, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg posted about the ban in Brazil. </span> <span data-start-time='60979' data-end-time='65667'>He wrote, “We are working hard to get this block reversed. </span> <span data-start-time='65667' data-end-time='72979'>Until then, Facebook Messenger is still active and you can use it to communicate instead. </span> <span data-start-time='72979' data-end-time='75792'>This is a sad day for Brazil. </span> <span data-start-time='75792' data-end-time='81938'>Until today, Brazil has been an ally in creating an open Internet.”</span> <span data-start-time='81938' data-end-time='85917'>The 48-hour ban did not last.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/693/brazil.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' 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A court in Brazil Thursday suspended the messaging service WhatsApp for 48 hours. WhatsApp reportedly failed to agree to the court’s order to give investigators information connected to a criminal case.

More than 100 million people in Brazil use WhatsApp. Brazilians protested the suspension on social media Thursday. The Brazilian Portuguese hashtag (#Nessas48HorasEuVou) that translates to “In These 48 Hours I Will... trended worldwide on Twitter. Twitter users joked about what they would do with their time during the next 48 hours instead of using WhatsApp. Facebook owns WhatsApp. On Thursday, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg posted about the ban in Brazil. He wrote, “We are working hard to get this block reversed. Until then, Facebook Messenger is still active and you can use it to communicate instead. This is a sad day for Brazil. Until today, Brazil has been an ally in creating an open Internet.” The 48-hour ban did not last.

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