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EU warns Meta it must open up WhatsApp to rival AI chatbots
February 10, 2026
|The Straits Times
A European Union executive on Feb 9 told Meta to give rival chatbots access to WhatsApp after an antitrust probe found the US giant to be in breach of the bloc's competition rules.
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The European Commission said a change in Meta's terms had "effectively" barred third-party artificial intelligence assistants from connecting to customers via the messaging platform since January.
Competition chief Teresa Ribera said the EU was "considering quickly imposing interim measures on Meta, to preserve access for competitors to WhatsApp while the investigation is ongoing, and avoid Meta's new policy harming competition in Europe".
The EU executive, which is in charge of competition policy, sent Meta a warning known as a "statement of objections", a formal step in antitrust probes.
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