Facebook VP Arrested in Brazil
Facebook vice president of Latin America Diego Dzodan was arrested in Sao Paulo, AP reported.
Facebook vice president of Latin America Diego Dzodan was arrested in Sao Paulo, AP reported.
According to AP, a judge in Brazil’s northeastern state of Sergipe ordered the arrest due to the social network’s failure to comply with a judicial order requesting information as part of a “secret investigation” involving organized crime and drug trafficking.
AP added that Facebook-owned messaging application WhatsApp was blocked in Brazil in December for failure to surrender user information to law enforcement, and Globo reported that Dzodan’s arrest is related to that WhatsApp user data.
Readers: How can Facebook continue to maintain a balance between protecting its users and assisting in law-enforcement efforts?
The photo of Dzodan is from his LinkedIn account.
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