European Union: European Commission issued Statement of Objections regarding interim measures against Meta over alleged exclusion of third-party AI from WhatsApp
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European Commission issued Statement of Objections regarding interim measures against Meta over alleged exclusion of third-party AI from WhatsApp
On 9 February 2026, the European Commission sent a statement of objections to Meta regarding its intention to impose interim measures to address the alleged exclusion of third-party Artificial Intelligence (AI) assistants from the WhatsApp messaging…
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