For the third time, a Brazilian judge has blocked nationwide access to WhatsApp (bbc.com) 32 points by lucaspottersky 9y ago ↗ HN
[–] CarolineW 9y ago ↗ The discussion appears to be over here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12123544 [–] knowaveragejoe 9y ago ↗ It was, anyways. Fell off the front page after only 2 hours. Not sure what the deal is. [–] CarolineW 9y ago ↗ It's back. Interesting rankings history:http://hnrankings.info/12123544,12123275/ [–] notatoad 9y ago ↗ That is pretty weird. This one is flagged, is older, and has less points but it's on the front page instead of the other one. [–] secfirstmd 9y ago ↗ Happen to with a breaking article on German train axe attack also for some reason.
[–] knowaveragejoe 9y ago ↗ It was, anyways. Fell off the front page after only 2 hours. Not sure what the deal is. [–] CarolineW 9y ago ↗ It's back. Interesting rankings history:http://hnrankings.info/12123544,12123275/ [–] notatoad 9y ago ↗ That is pretty weird. This one is flagged, is older, and has less points but it's on the front page instead of the other one. [–] secfirstmd 9y ago ↗ Happen to with a breaking article on German train axe attack also for some reason.
[–] CarolineW 9y ago ↗ It's back. Interesting rankings history:http://hnrankings.info/12123544,12123275/
[–] notatoad 9y ago ↗ That is pretty weird. This one is flagged, is older, and has less points but it's on the front page instead of the other one. [–] secfirstmd 9y ago ↗ Happen to with a breaking article on German train axe attack also for some reason.
[–] secfirstmd 9y ago ↗ Happen to with a breaking article on German train axe attack also for some reason.
[–] vegabook 9y ago ↗ brave move given:a) widespread street protests barely a year ago. This is hardly a policy likely to endear the government to the population.b) Olympics coming up with zillions of foreigners entering the country, all armed with Whatsapp.
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a) widespread street protests barely a year ago. This is hardly a policy likely to endear the government to the population.
b) Olympics coming up with zillions of foreigners entering the country, all armed with Whatsapp.