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Brazil's Internet Bill of Rights not to blame for takedown of WhatsApp

It was a tough job to get the Marco Civil da Internet approved. But it seems the work is far from done. Português

By Carlos Affonso Souza and Sérgio Branco
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President Dilma Rousseff signs the Marco Civil during opening ceremony of the Global Multi-Sector Meeting on Future of Internet

President Dilma Rousseff signs the Marco Civil during opening ceremony of the Global Multi-Sector Meeting on Future of Internet Governance - World NET, 2014. Flickr/ Blog de Planalto. Some rights reserved.In 2014 WhatsApp was the most downloaded app in Brazil. Due to expensive fees for mobile phone-users to send SMS and make calls, instant messaging apps like Whatsapp have been peaking in Brazil’s charts of most-used applications.

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