&gt;It’s the only way to deal with lawbreaking companies in a globalized world.<p>Fundamentally, I think it&#x27;s ludicrous to think you should international companies to the laws of your own country. Fundamentally, WhatsApp is not a lawbreaking company - they are not subject to Brazilian law. You can&#x27;t break a rule that isn&#x27;t actually imposed on you.<p>From a practical perspective, it doesn&#x27;t matter for Brazilians. The end result is the same. Brazilian law allows for them to block the site, and that&#x27;s the end of that.<p>But the reasoning behind it is important, and that people believe they have the right to subject people in different countries with different laws to their own local laws, despite those people not being in Brazil, is fundamentally scary to me.<p>Even if I believed in following all of these laws, I am now expected to know all of them?<p>WhatsApp has the backing of Facebook, so it&#x27;s conceivable they have the resources to figure out the laws for every place their app is accessible from. But what about a small startup, or solo developer? How can you reasonably expect them to know every law in every internet accessible location?<p>That way lies madness.