Is Meta opening WhatsApp to rival AI chatbots just to avoid tougher EU action? Here's what happenedMeta has offered rival AI chatbots limited free access to WhatsApp in Europe, with charges to be implemented after a usage threshold is met...
21 May, 2026, 05.43 AM IST
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
Google offers changes to spam policy to avert EU antitrust fineGoogle has offered to revise its spam policy, which publishers criticized for negatively impacting their search rankings. This move aims to...
07 May, 2026, 08.13 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
European publishers, tech firms urge EU to speed up fine on Google over searchThe push underscores tensions within the bloc over the complex balance of regulating Big Tech, with regular clashes between Washington and ...
16 Mar, 2026, 11.21 PM IST
Google faces EU antitrust investigation over AI Overviews, YouTubeThe European Commission has launched an antitrust investigation into whether Google is misusing online content from publishers and YouTube ...
09 Dec, 2025, 04.27 PM IST
Google hit with EU antitrust investigation into its spam policyIts site reputation abuse policy targets the practice of publishing third-party pages on a site in an attempt to abuse search rankings by t...
13 Nov, 2025, 04.18 PM IST
Visa, Mastercard to extend non-EU card fee caps to 2029, EU saysVisa and Mastercard will extend tourist card fee caps with EU antitrust regulators until 2029, announced by the European Commission. Set in...
05 Jul, 2024, 06.06 PM IST
Apple, Meta, Google set to face EU Digital Markets Act probesThe European Commission will likely announce the investigations in coming days and issue decisions before EU antitrust chief Margrethe Vest...
21 Mar, 2024, 09.30 PM IST
Apple-Spotify case: EU slaps nearly $2 billion fine on tech giantThe European Union competition enforcer said Apple's restrictions constituted unfair trading conditions, a relatively novel argument in an ...
04 Mar, 2024, 05.53 PM IST
Adobe's $20-billion Figma deal faces full-scale EU antitrust probeThe move underscores antitrust watchdogs' wariness of tech deals where bigger companies may acquire rival start-ups to shut them down.
25 Jul, 2023, 05.52 PM IST
Microsoft must do more to resolve antitrust issues, say European rivalsResolving the complaints with the companies could help Microsoft stave off a possible EU antitrust investigation that could lead to a fine ...
24 Mar, 2023, 07.46 AM IST
Meta sought to settle EU antitrust investigations: sourcesThe EU competition enforcer launched an investigation into Facebook in June last year, focusing on whether the social network unfairly use ...
02 Dec, 2022, 09.24 AM IST
Amazon offers concessions to end EU antitrust investigationAmazon has offered to refrain from using sellers' data for its own retail business and made other concessions to end an antitrust investiga...
14 Jul, 2022, 03.56 PM IST
EU antitrust agency raids several online food and grocery delivery firmsThe European Commission, which acts as the competition enforcer in the 27-country bloc, did not name the companies or the countries targete...
06 Jul, 2022, 05.12 PM IST