WhatsApp banned in Brazil again

A Brazilian judge has ordered the nationwide suspension of the instant messaging application WhatsApp because it won’t help out in a police investigation.

Rio de Janeiro Judge Daniela Barbosa ruled that access to the application should be blocked immediately. That is expected to happen once phone companies are notified.

According to Barbosa’s ruling, WhatsApp owner Facebook has been repeatedly asked to intercept messages sent through the service to help in a criminal probe in the city of Caxias, outside Rio.