Here is the reference. It's the text of one of judicial decisions that blocked Whatsapp in Brazil (translated to English): https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=auto&tl=en&u...

The relevant part is: "the other company, based in the country, has no "powers" on the company of your own conglomerate".

Note: in the same paragraph it says "a company does not have established in Germany". It's a Translator bug. The correct is: "one company is not established in the country".

Original text is at: http://tecnologia.uol.com.br/noticias/redacao/2016/07/19/vej...

For some previous discussions here:

duckduckgo whatsapp facebook brazil !hn

why not just provide the URL directly?

https://hn.algolia.com/?query=whatsapp%20facebook%20brazil

Well, I like duckduckgo for one and was showing them some love. Especially appropriate in this thread.