WhatsApp Blocked in Brazil for 72 Hours

A judge in Brazil ordered on Monday that phone companies block Facebook's messaging service WhatsApp throughout the country for 72 hours in response to its refusal to cooperate in a police investigation.

Judge Marcel Montalvao delivered the order because WhatsApp would not turn over information that could relate to an investigation into narcotics activity and an interstate gang. The ban will go into effect at 2 p.m.