Jusletter IT

The aim of this study is to discuss some controversial decisions made by the Brazilian Courts of first instance that allowed the WhatsApp application to be temporarily blocked in Brazilian territory. The judges focus their attention on the definition of end-to-end encryption and seem to not consider adequately the collision between two fundamental rights: privacy and security. We will criticize their approach and will highlight what the real risks are for the fundamental rights when we consider the possibility of a pluralist democracy in the Internet dimension.