As the approach of the summer Olympics, all eyes descend on Brazil as they host this important event. However, in addition to news surrounding the Olympics, it was also about recent press censorship WhatsApp Brazil and a new bill.
In May, we reported that WhatsApp was blocked in Brazil again for 72 hours as the Facebook-owned company refused to "cooperate with a police investigation." This sparked international outrage and put Brazil on the spot when it came to the violation of data rights. Last week, a judge ordered WhatsApp be locked again when the application failed to provide information requested by the Brazilian authorities in a criminal investigation.
Now it is being reported that the Brazilian government plans to draft a bill to simplify the collaboration between authorities and companies like WhatsApp, to address these types of situations and avoid resulting judgments. Ideally, the bill will protect the digital data and limit the mass stops. The Attorney General of Brazil, the judge suspended WhatsApp was misinterpreted an Internet law in 2014 when he took the decision to block WhatsApp. The new law aims to mitigate situations of this kind, which reduces the impact to a large number of users WhatsApp country.
Starting today, there are over 100 million WhatsApp users in Brazil, creating a law that brings clarity to the issue of data requests made by the Brazilian authorities how those requests are processed seems appropriate. The messaging application is a major means of communication in the country, and recurring shutdowns pose a huge problem for those who communicate via the application. A Golden Frog, we are for the unbreakable encryption, user privacy and Intenret without restriction. We will look to see if the law proposed by Brazil addresses these issues to avoid future stoppages WhatsApp and other essential communication platforms.
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