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http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/dec/17/whatsapp-blocked-brazil-48-hours-facebook

WhatsApp blocked in Brazil for 48 hours by court



 
Brazil had blocked whatsapp so that no one i the country could go on it. A Brazilian court ordered mobile phone providers to block all access to the internet-based messaging service on Wednesday for a total of 48 hours, starting at midnight.

• The injunction was sought by a plaintiff before a criminal court in São Paulo state whose identity was kept secret.
• The first criminal court of São Bernardo do Campo said in a statement: “WhatsApp did not respond to a court order, dated 23 July, 2015. On 7 August , 2015, the company was notified again of being subject to fixed penalty in case of non-compliance.”

This was there to make sure that people werent getting caught up in things that werent there problem and to help them stay safe.

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/dec/14/twitter-warns-users-hacked-state-sponsored-actors

Twitter warns users they may have been hacked by 'state-sponsored actors'



Twitter useres have said that they were part of a stateside attack meaning that they think that the government were hacking into their information and tweeting pretending to be them.There have been many people trying to warn everyone.

• The warning begins: “As a precaution, we are alerting you that your Twitter account is one of a small group of accounts that may have been targeted by state-sponsored actors. We believe that these actors (possibly associated with a government) may have been trying to obtain information such as email addresses, IP addresses, and/or phone numbers.”
• Twitter’s specific warning has sparked criticism from those who received it, however. The company advises users to use the anonymous browser Tor to keep their identity secret in the face of hacks, but Tor users have often accused the firm of blocking accounts that log in using the service, thinking they are spammers. Users whose accounts are blocked in this way can get them back by verifying with a phone number – and phone numbers are one of the pieces of information that Twitter has warned may have been stolen in the attacks.

This has obviously had a bad impact on the people who use twitter as they think that they were hacked by people un control. This shouldnt be happening as the governemnt are there to protect your information not abuse and expose it.