A Facebook executive who was arrested in Brazil must be released after being arrested. Vice President for Latin America of the social network Dzodan Diego was arrested at the airport in Brazil on Tuesday.
The arrest was related to a dispute over a court order requiring data messaging service WhatsApp a company in an investigation of drug trafficking, for which WhatsApp refused. However, a press officer of the court who is in charge of the case said it would probably be released in Sao Paulo within hours.
Previously, a lower court imposed daily fines on Facebook, in addition to the arrest warrant after WhatsApp refused to deliver messages related to a network of drug trafficking. But now a judge overturned that decision. It was said that Mr. Dzodan not be held responsible because WhatsApp works independently of Facebook, and has no staff based in the country.
It has also been repeatedly stated that Whatsapp does not store content, which is encrypted by users at either end.
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