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Re:WhatsApp, Used by 100M Brazilians, Shut Down Nationwide T... by gcb0 on Monday May 02, 2016 @09:53PM (#11617256)
except you are wrong. e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Countries_blocking_access_to_T...

every country treats certain content as criminal as they wish. Where the servers are is just a minor detail.

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Re:WhatsApp, Used by 100M Brazilians, Shut Down Nationwide T... by necessity on Tuesday May 03, 2016 @12:37AM (#11617941)
No it's not a minor detail, because it's easy to bypass, specially if its a decentralized service. Nevertheless its an outrageous retrenchment of our freedom.
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Re:WhatsApp, Used by 100M Brazilians, Shut Down Nationwide T... by tremon on Tuesday May 03, 2016 @05:57AM (#11619186)
No it's not a minor detail, because it's easy to bypass

All laws are easy to bypass, what's your point? Ever tried to go 60 in a 30km/h zone? Lack of 100% enforcement does not make a law useless.

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