Brazil Facebook Head Arrested For Refusing To Share WhatsApp Data (bbc.com)

Posted by BeauHD on Tuesday March 1, 2016 @04:45PM from the shrouded-in-secrecy dept.

An anonymous reader writes: Diego Dzodan, an Argentine national and Facebook's vice president for Latin America, has repeatedly refused to comply with court orders to hand over data for use in a criminal investigation of a WhatsApp user suspected of drug trafficking, police said. His arrest relates to the messaging service WhatsApp, owned by Facebook. In a statement, Facebook called Mr. Dzodan's arrest an "extreme and disproportionate measure." The company said, "Facebook has always been and will be available to address any questions Brazilian authorities may have." Judge Marcel Maia Montalvao had in two previous instances issued fines against Facebook for refusing to release WhatsApp data. In December, a judge in Brazil suspended WhatsApp for 48 hours in a similar case.

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Re:Mark zuckerberg is #6 richest man in the world by penguinoid · 2016-03-01 17:07 · Score: 4, Insightful

Dunno about you, but I don't have a bunch of crimes to hide,

Are you sure? What country do you live in?

and I don't mind court granted access to suspected criminal communications.
As if it would end there.

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