Brazil already arrested a Facebook executive and detained them for 24hrs this year over the fact they said there is nothing that can do regarding the information request.

I'm not sure what you're proposing Facebook to do here? Hand over useless encrypted data? Hold a cryptography seminar for Brazillian law enforcement to explain what end-to-end encryption means? Have more of their employees risk arrest?

Pull their app from the Brazilian app store and let democratic process take its course

Better to make the app install but when starting, display a message that the local laws and judge's orders make it illegal to operate in Brazil.

They should say it like it is, and FB having a high visibility platform is a plus. Just put a banner there saying those guys are idiots in an authoritarian power trip, and fuck them. After that you'll probably be found dead or something. So YMMV

Putting up banners with "fuck them" is not how companies work, and it is not a good communication strategy.

Some more subtle hints may work better, but generally, what Facebook says, "it can't be done" is the correct strategy.

This is going to sound flippant, but think about it, it isn't.

What lackey is going to want to fly to a hostile country where the government is battling your employer?

I don't want to spend any time in a foreign prison. Who would?

They dont have to fly anyone down to brazil. They had someone there. He was arrested a few months go for not fulfilling the request. Its all in the article we are commenting on.

Terrifyingly Brazil is probably on the no-go list for lots of Apple employees right now, like how the Middle East is in general for LGBT people.

Apple has offices and operates legally in Brazil and has done so for many decades. As far as I know, they aren't violating any local law.

I meant to say Facebook. No idea how I confused the two.