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WhatsApp ban in Brazil sends users scrambling

Jessie Wingard
December 17, 2015

After a Brazilian court briefly banned the popular chat service WhatsApp, millions of users were left searching for a new way to communicate. From Telegram to Viber, here’s DW’s guide to mobile messaging services.

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