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Facebook appeals Brazilian court decision in Instagram data-privacy case

By Ana Paula Candil
  • 05 Feb 2021 13:03
  • 05 Feb 2021 13:34
Facebook has appealed a Federal District state court decision ordering the social media company to reopen a user's Instagram account that had been hacked and compensate her for "moral damages" caused.
In a Jan. 19 decision, Judge Marília de Ávila e Silva Sampaio said Facebook is responsible for offering its

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Ana Paula Candil

Senior Correspondent, Latin America


Ana Paula joined MLex in Brazil in 2014 writing about antitrust investigations and merger reviews. Prior to that, she worked for several trade publications and in TV. She lived in Washington DC, where she worked for Al Jazeera English in 2010. She studied journalism and holds a postgraduate diploma in International Business Management from the George Brown College in Toronto and a Master of Business Administration diploma in government relations from Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV).

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