Refusing to submit the suspect communications, Brazil freeze Facebook funding $ 6 million-Facebook-IT information

According to Reuters, Brazil court Thursday froze Facebook 19.5 million reais (about 6.07 million US dollars) of funds, because the company's message using WhatsApp deny suspects in drug cases to the police communications.

Brazil federal police said that from January this year, they started investigations into a transnational drug trafficking syndicate, but WhatsApp repeatedly refused to address requests for information submitted to the members of the Group of suspects.

Without these data, it is difficult or impossible to prove that the recent arrests by the police suspected drug cartel links.

In a 5-months repeatedly refused to submit information, Brazil announced a judge to freeze funds Facebook, WhatsApp the funds subject to the cumulative fines for failing to comply with the order.

It is reported that WhatsApp in Brazil and do not have bank accounts, judges announced the freezing of the funds of its parent company, Facebook.

However, the Court did not use Brazil Internet regulations in the terms close WhatsApp service.

In a similar case earlier this year, and a Brazil judge ruled down WhatsApp for 72 hours, which makes Brazil about 100 million WhatsApp users angry. Shut down 24 hours after another court lifted the order.

Facebook was blocked during the said WhatsApp does not store user information, and even storage companies are unable to read, because the information is encrypted.

Now, Facebook has not been immediately Brazil Court's freeze order to comment.

拒提交嫌犯通讯信息，巴西冻结Facebook资金600万美元 - Facebook - IT资讯

据路透社报道，巴西法院周四冻结了Facebook的1950万雷亚尔（约合607万美元）资金，原因是该公司旗下的消息应用WhatsApp拒绝在一起贩毒案件中向警方提供嫌疑犯的通讯信息。

巴西联邦警察表示，他们从今年1月起就开始调查一个跨国毒品走私集团，但WhatsApp多次拒绝了提交集团成员嫌犯的通讯信息的要求。

没有这些数据，警方就难以或无法证明这些最近被抓捕的嫌犯与贩毒集团的联系。

在长达5个月的时间内多次拒绝提交信息后，巴西一位法官宣布冻结Facebook的资金，该资金与WhatsApp因未能遵守命令而遭受的累计罚款相当。

据悉，WhatsApp在巴西并没有银行账户，因此法官宣布冻结其母公司Facebook的资金。

不过，这家法院并未利用巴西互联网法规中的条款关闭WhatsApp的服务。

在今年早些时候一起类似的案件中，一位巴西法官裁定关闭WhatsApp的服务72个小时，这令巴西约1亿WhatsApp用户愤怒不已。在关停24个小时后，另一家法院解除了这一命令。

Facebook当时在封杀期间表示，WhatsApp并不存储用户的信息，即便存储公司也无法读取，因为这些信息经过了加密。

目前，Facebook尚未立即就巴西法院的冻结令置评。