A federal judge in New York rejected the FBI's request to require Apple to unlock an iPhone used by a drug dealer. "Nothing in the government's arguments suggests any principled limit on how far a court may go in requiring a person or company to violate the most deeply-rooted values to provide assistance to the government the court deems necessary," U.S. Magistrate Judge James Orenstein wrote. The phone's owner pleaded guilty in October, but prosecutors say they still need data because the investigation isn't over.

Police in Brazil arrested Facebook vice president Diego Dzodan on Tuesday because the company didn't disclose information from a WhatsApp account. A judge requested the information as part of an investigation into drug trafficking. The New York Times says it's unclear whether Facebook is able to comply, given that WhatsApp doesn't store users' messages.

The Federal Communications Commission is expected to start the process for enacting broadband privacy rules at its March 31 meeting, Bloomberg BNA reports. Sources told the publication that a notice of proposed rulemaking is likely to be on the March agenda, but also say the situation is "fluid," and that the FCC might wait until April.