EU Threatens Meta with Interim Measures Over WhatsApp AI Rival Block (META)

EU competition regulators charged Meta Platforms with breaching antitrust rules by blocking artificial intelligence rivals from its messaging service WhatsApp and threatened to impose interim measures, following the Jan 15 policy allowing only Meta AI on WhatsApp. The European Commission stated it had issued a statement of objections to Meta for alleged violations and intends to seek interim measures to prevent the policy from causing serious, irreparable harm to the market, subject to Meta's reply and right of defense. The Commission said its decision on interim measures will depend on Meta's response and its rights of defense.