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Re:WhatsApp, Used by 100M Brazilians, Shut Down Nationwide T... by discardorama on Tuesday May 03, 2016 @09:12AM (#11620264)
> This is all WhatsApp's and the US's problem, not Brazil's.

So you're saying it's OK for Brazil to send a SWAT team to raid a house in the US? The judge's order has no validity outside his jurisdiction; just like a US judge's order has no validity in Brazil.

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Re:WhatsApp, Used by 100M Brazilians, Shut Down Nationwide T... by devishard on Wednesday May 04, 2016 @11:37PM (#11633873)
> So you're saying it's OK for Brazil to send a SWAT team to raid a house in the US?

No.

> The judge's order has no validity outside his jurisdiction; just like a US judge's order has no validity in Brazil.

Which is why the judge only banned WhatsApp from operating in Brazil.

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