European Union: European Commission adopted interim measures requiring Meta to restore third-party AI assistants’ access to WhatsApp under equivalent conditions
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European Commission adopted interim measures requiring Meta to restore third-party AI assistants’ access to WhatsApp under equivalent conditions
On 9 June 2026, the European Commission ordered Meta to restore and maintain free access to the WhatsApp for Business Application Programming Interface (API) for rival general-purpose artificial intelligence (AI) assistants until the conclusion of 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
other regulatory body
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