Story out of Sao Paulo, Brazil:
Diego Dzodan was arrested on an order from a judge in the northeastern state of Sergipe. He is accused of ignoring a judicial order in a secret investigation involving organized crime and drug trafficking.
Dzodan, an Argentine national, was arrested at his home in Sao Paulo and was being held pending questioning.
The decision by Judge Marcel Montalvao follows the company's refusal to surrender user information from the WhatsApp messaging service, an application owned by Facebook since 2014.
Facebook said in a written statement released Tuesday that the two companies operated independently "so the decision to arrest an employee from another company is an extreme and unwarranted step".
The social networking giant noted that the WhatsApp messaging service does not store content, which is encrypted by users at either end. Cont.
Story from - France 24
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