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

Posted by BeauHD on 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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  1. Re: Mark zuckerberg is #6 richest man in the world by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Let me correct it for you:

    First they came for the Drug traffickers, and I did not speak out—
    Because I was not a Drug trafficker.

    Then they came for the Pedophiles, and I did not speak out—
    Because I was not a Pedophile.

    Then they came for the Credit card fraudsters, and I did not speak out—
    Because I was not a Credit card fraudster.

    Then they came for the Terrorists, and I did not speak out—
    Because I was not a Terrorist.

    They never came for me—because I wasn't a criminal, and there was no criminals left.

    .