An illustration photo shows Whatsapp App logos on a mobile phone in Sao Paulo, Brazil,  December 16, 2015.  REUTERS/Nacho Doce/File Photo
An illustration photo shows Whatsapp App logos on a mobile phone in Sao Paulo, Brazil, December 16, 2015.

Reuters/Nacho Doce/File Photo

Brazil's Federal Supreme Court on Tuesday suspended a ruling by a low-tier judge ordering wireless phone carriers to block access to Facebook Inc's WhatsApp, the third such decision against the popular phone messaging app in eight months.


(Reporting by Guillermo Parra-Bernal; Editing by Andrew Hay)