European Union: European Commission issued a supplementary statement of objections to Meta indicating its intention to require it to restore third-party AI assistants’ access to WhatsApp under equivalent conditions
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European Commission issued a supplementary statement of objections to Meta indicating its intention to require it to restore third-party AI assistants’ access to WhatsApp under equivalent conditions
On 15 April 2026, the European Commission sent a supplementary statement of objections to Meta regarding informing the company of its intention to order the reinstatement of third-party AI assistants' access to WhatsApp under conditions existing pri…
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
competition authority
Complete timeline of this policy change
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2025-12-04
under deliberation
2026-02-09
under investigation
2026-04-15
under investigation