Brazil judge targets WhatsApp with suspension order

Messaging system still operating while lawyers appeal nationwide order arising from 'sexually graphic' photos of children being shared A judge says he has ordered the suspension of the globally popular instant messaging system WhatsApp across Brazil because it has allegedly failed to help in an investigation. Judge Luiz de Moura Correia ordered the suspension earlier in February, though it has continued to operate normally because lawyers have appealed, the newspaper Folha de S Paulo said.