>I removed the Dmitri Noonan faked death story until it's confirmed
Whatsapp was blocked multiple times in Brazil.
"Mas nessa relação entre imprensa, tevê e organizações financiadas por George Soros, destaca-se Ronaldo Lemos, comentarista da Globonews, cofundador e diretor do Instituto de Tecnologia e Sociedade do Rio (ITS Rio). O ITS Rio recebeu da Open Society US$ 350 mil entre 2014 e 2015. Lemos foi talvez o nome mais conhecido na elaboração e defesa do Marco Civil da Internet, que abriu a possibilidade de regulação e de controle pelo Estado e que foi usado pela Justiça como fundamento jurídico para suspender o aplicativo WhatsApp."
ITS Rio grantee of Open Society…Ronaldo Lemos also have strong connections with Mozilla and MIT.
https:// mujahdincucaracha.blogspot.com.br/2017/11/george-soros-e-open-society-financiam.html
https:// en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazilian_Civil_Rights_Framework_for_the_Internet
That's what allowed the block.
It's essentially the Brazilian Internet Bill of Rights.
"Adding to the controversy, in December 2015 a clause in Marco Civil was used to block WhatsApp in Brazilian territory.[13] The decision to overrule the WhatsApp ban was not based on Marco Civil and it is claimed the new legislation did little to protect users against state censorship.[14]"