Wednesday, March 2, 2016

Brazil Frees Facebook Executive from Detention Amid Probe into Chat Service



A senior executive of Facebook left a Brazilian detention facility on Wednesday even as authorities moved ahead with an investigation over access into the company’s popular messaging service.

The executive, Diego Dzodan, was taken into custody on Tuesday after the Facebook subsidiary, WhatsApp, told Brazilian authorities that it was unable to intercept instant messages in connection with a drug-trafficking investigation.

Dzodan, Facebook’s vice president for Latin America, was detained on an order from a Brazilian judge, said WhatsApp spokesman Matt Steinfeld.

But a higher court ruled that Dzodan could be freed while the legal process against Facebook, being held away from the public eye, is ongoing. He was released soon after the decision. 

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Source: The Washington Post

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