New message: WhatsApp, which has 900 million users worldwide, said it would end its subscription fees over the next several weeks. — Reuters
RIO DE JANEIRO: A court in Brazil blocked 19.5mil reais (RM24.17mil) in Facebook Inc funds after the US-based social networking company's WhatsApp messaging service failed to turn over messages sought in a drugs case, the G1 news service said.
Brazil's federal police said WhatsApp has defied repeated orders to turn over messages sent and received by suspected members of an international cocaine smuggling ring that has been under investigation since January.
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