WhatsApp blocked in Brazil for 72 hours: Here’s why

WhatsApp has been blocked in Brazil for 72 hours after a court order.
The popular messaging service WhatsApp went down in Brazil on Monday as a state judge ordered it blocked nationwide for 72 hours amid a legal tussle over users’ information.
WhatsApp’s estimated 100 million Brazilian users suddenly found they were unable to send or receive messages in the early afternoon after Marcel Maia Montalvao, a judge in the small, remote northeastern state of Sergipe, ordered the suspension