The order wasn&#x27;t super broad, it was actually specific to a single individual, like you said.<p>Also, even if it was broad, you don&#x27;t get to ignore judicial orders. You answer to them giving your reasons and appealing if you don&#x27;t agree. Ignoring them will get you either punished or arrested.<p>WhatsApp notoriously doesn&#x27;t even have an office in Brazil. No way to even get a judicial order to them.<p>Facebook, the parent company, simply says they are Facebook and not WhatsApp, so they can&#x27;t help.<p>By the way, the judge in case actually demonstrated quite a deep understanding of the web. Unable to get WhatsApp to comply, he ordered all telecoms to block WhatsApp IP addresses, which was quite a smart move.