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
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
Meta loses court fight over compensation to Italian publishersMeta Platforms has faced a significant setback in Europe as the EU's highest court mandated that they pay publishers for utilizing snippets...
12 May, 2026, 05.51 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 to soon roll out age-check app for social media where India could be looking to followEuropean Union is launching an age-verification app to shield children online. India's Karnataka state has banned social media for under-16...
15 Apr, 2026, 04.13 PM IST
Ahead of Greek social media ban, parents desperate to separate children from phonesAs Greece prepares to impose a ban on social media use for those under 15, the initiative aims to shield youth from potential addiction and...
02 Apr, 2026, 01.42 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
Meta to exclude Italy from rival chatbot ban on WhatsAppMeta Platforms will exclude Italy from its ban on rival AI chatbots on WhatsApp following an order from the country's antitrust authority, ...
12 Jan, 2026, 10.50 PM IST
Meta will only make limited changes to pay-or-consent model, EU saysMeta Platforms made only limited changes to its pay-or-consent model, and EU regulators cannot confirm compliance with an antitrust order. ...
27 Jun, 2025, 04.59 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 faces $100K daily fine from Norway regulator over privacy concerns in user advertisingNorwegian regulator Datatilsynet says that behavioral advertising - a common marketing model that profiles users by collection information ...
17 Jul, 2023, 11.04 PM IST
EU fines Meta $1.3 billion over data transfers to USThe social network giant’s continued data transfers to the US didn’t address “the risks to the fundamental rights and freedoms” of people w...
22 May, 2023, 03.45 PM IST
Meta to face record EU privacy fine over Facebook data transfer to USThe penalty will be higher than the previous record €746 million ($821.20 million) fine for Amazon.com Inc, according to the sources.
18 May, 2023, 11.59 AM IST
Meta's WhatsApp fined $5.95 million by lead EU privacy regulatorThe DPC, which acts as the EU's lead privacy regulator for Meta, said WhatsApp must reassess how it uses personal data for service improvem...
19 Jan, 2023, 06.59 PM IST
Irish regulator moves closer to possible ban on Facebook, Instagram EU-US data flowsEurope's highest court ruled in 2020 that an EU-US data transfer agreement was invalid, citing surveillance concerns. That prompted Ireland...
07 Jul, 2022, 07.27 PM IST
Twitter to comply with EU sanctions on Russian state mediaFacebook owner Meta, Alphabet Inc's Google, YouTube and TikTok have said they are blocking access to RT and Sputnik in the EU.
02 Mar, 2022, 10.46 AM IST