European Union: European Commission announced investigation into Meta's blocking of AI business communications on WhatsApp for possible competition law breach
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European Commission announced investigation into Meta's blocking of AI business communications on WhatsApp for possible competition law breach
On 4 December 2025, the European Commission opened an investigation into Meta's blocking of AI business communications on WhatsApp for possible competition law breach. The company's policy change, which took effect for new users on 15 October 2025 a…
Scope
Policy Area
Competition
Policy Instrument
Unilateral conduct regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
platform intermediary: user-generated content, ML and AI development, messaging service provider
Implementation Level
supranational
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
central government
Complete timeline of this policy change
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2025-12-04
under deliberation
2026-02-09
under investigation