WhatsApp is back in Brazil after yet another ban

WhatsApp is back online in Brazil following a court ruling that suspended the service for several hours Tuesday, marking the third time in less than a year the Facebook-owned app has been banned and then reinstated by the country's judicial system.

The latest ban, stemming from a Rio de Janeiro judge's ruling, was once again over the app's use of encryption.

The judge ordered WhatsApp's suspension after the company failed to provide the contents of encrypted messages related to a criminal case, Reuters reported. The country's Supreme Court later reinstated the service, saying the lower court's decision was "scarcely reasonable or proportional," according to the report. Read more...