Meta offers AI rival chatbots limited free WhatsApp access, sources sayMeta Platforms has offered European AI chatbots free access to its WhatsApp messaging service, with charges to be implemented after a usage...
20 May, 2026, 08.17 AM IST
Meta offers rival AI chatbots free access to WhatsApp for a monthMeta Platforms is offering rival AI chatbots free access to its WhatsApp messaging service for one month. This move comes as Meta discusses...
13 May, 2026, 12.48 AM IST
EU rules reining in Big Tech will now target cloud services and AI, regulators sayThe European Union is expanding its Digital Markets Act to cover cloud and artificial intelligence services. This move aims to ensure faire...
28 Apr, 2026, 11.09 PM IST
EU rejects Meta's pay-for-access remedy in WhatsApp AI chatbots probeThe EU told Meta Wednesday that charging rival AI chatbots for access to its WhatsApp platform runs against the bloc's antitrust rules, reb...
15 Apr, 2026, 07.06 PM IST
EU antitrust chief meets Google, Meta, OpenAI, Amazon CEOs amidst AI scrutinyEU antitrust chief Teresa Ribera, who has voiced concerns about Big Tech extending its dominance into artificial intelligence, will meet th...
24 Mar, 2026, 10.23 PM IST
Meta to allow AI rivals on WhatsApp in bid to stave off EU actionThe European Commission, the EU's competition enforcer, last month threatened interim measures to prevent potential serious and irreparable...
05 Mar, 2026, 05.56 PM IST
EU warns Meta it must open up WhatsApp to rival AI chatbotsCompetition chief Teresa Ribera said the EU was "considering quickly imposing interim measures on Meta, to preserve access for competitors ...
09 Feb, 2026, 04.19 PM IST
EU hits Meta with antitrust probe over WhatsApp AI featuresThe European Union has launched an antitrust inquiry into Meta's recent AI advancements on WhatsApp, citing concerns about potential barrie...
04 Dec, 2025, 04.28 PM IST
Meta says EU antitrust regulators are discriminating against its business modelThe tech giant said the European Commission had discriminated against its business model and that it had nevertheless engaged constructivel...
27 Jun, 2025, 03.16 PM IST
Meta to be hit with first EU antitrust fine for linking Marketplace and Facebook, sources sayThe EU competition watchdog also said Meta abused its dominance by unilaterally imposing unfair trading conditions on competing online clas...
25 Jul, 2024, 08.12 PM IST
European regulators crack down on Big TechEU regulators probe Big Tech. Apple addresses DMA breaches, Spotify's complaint. Microsoft leaves OpenAI’s board. Meta's consent model, Cro...
11 Jul, 2024, 04.45 PM IST
EU vs Big Tech: the cases keep mountingEuropean regulators have launched a series of probes into Big Tech. In the latest move, the European Commission asked Amazon for more infor...
07 Jul, 2024, 08.26 PM IST
European regulators crack down on Big TechApple, Meta Platforms and Alphabet's Google could receive hefty fines by the end of the year for alleged breaches including disparaging riv...
25 Mar, 2024, 07.51 PM IST
Dutch online marketplace OLX contributing to EU antitrust probe into MetaThe European Commission has accused Meta of gaining an unfair advantage by tying its classified advertisements service Marketplace with its...
21 Jul, 2023, 08.23 PM IST
German antitrust watchdog can add privacy breaches to Meta probe, EU court saysThe case before the Luxembourg-based Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) concerns a 2019 German cartel office order to Meta to st...
04 Jul, 2023, 02.14 PM IST
Court rejects Meta's challenge against EU antitrust requests for informationOn May 22, Meta was fined $1.3 billion by the European Union and given a deadline to stop shipping users’ data to the US after regulators s...
24 May, 2023, 01.49 PM IST
EU Commission warns Meta over Facebook Marketplace antitrust breachThe Commission said in a preliminary view that it would further investigate and that it could impose a fine of up to 10% of the company's a...
20 Dec, 2022, 09.20 AM IST