Incorrect.<p>WhatsApp could not deliver what the judge requested, even if they wanted to. Messages are encrypted end to end and not kept in their servers.<p>The Judge requested something impossible. predictably, WhatsApp and Facebook did not comply. The Judge threw a hissy fit and decided to block the service, affecting everyone who uses it (95% of the Internet users in the country).<p>A similar thing happened years ago when a Brazilian actress tried to get a paparazzi video out of YouTube. The heavy-handedness of Brazilian government got the whole website blocked.<p>Mark Zuckerberg&#x27;s complaint is about how any local judge can just order a country-wide order (which is something I also find baffling). This was not a supreme court decision.