Italy watchdog orders Meta to halt WhatsApp terms barring rival AI chatbots: ReportItaly's competition authority (AGCM) has instructed Meta to stop enforcing rules that may obstruct competing AI chatbots from operating on ...
24 Dec, 2025, 04.31 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
EU to launch antitrust probe into Meta over use of AI in WhatsApp: FTBrussels is preparing an antitrust probe into Meta over how it introduced Meta AI inside WhatsApp. The European Commission is expected to a...
04 Dec, 2025, 10.44 AM IST
Italy competition watchdog broadens probe into Meta over AI tools in WhatsAppItaly's antitrust authority has expanded its investigation into Meta Platforms, alleging abuse of dominance via AI tools on WhatsApp. The r...
26 Nov, 2025, 01.19 PM IST
ETtech Explainer: CCI's Rs 213-crore penalty on MetaThe antitrust watchdog on Monday said Meta has abused its dominant position in the market, explaining that this fine relates to how WhatsAp...
19 Nov, 2024, 03.49 PM IST
India's competition regulator imposes $25.4 million fine on MetaIndia's competition watchdog imposed a monetary penalty of 2.14 billion rupees ($25.4 million) on Meta on Monday over antitrust violations ...
18 Nov, 2024, 09.56 PM IST
SC dismisses pleas against CCI probe into WhatsApp's privacy policyA bench of Justices M R Shah and Sudhanshu Dhulia said CCI is an independent authority and the proceedings before it cannot be stopped, and...
15 Oct, 2022, 11.01 AM IST
WhatsApp moves SC against HC order on CCI's privacy probeIn 2021, the Competition Commission of India (CCI) ordered a probe into the then-new privacy policy of WhatsApp for alleged abuse of market...
08 Oct, 2022, 09.46 AM IST
HC dismisses Facebook India's plea challenging CCI probe into WhatsApp's 2021 privacy policyFacebook India, the Indian subsidiary of US-based Facebook Inc (now known as Meta Platforms), argued that the CCI has clubbed it in its ong...
28 Sep, 2022, 10.43 PM IST
WhatsApp privacy policy not withdrawn; the probe must go on, says CCIThe CCI said the scope of inquiry against WhatsApp has no overlap with the issue of an alleged infringement of user privacy pending before ...
25 Jul, 2022, 08.55 PM IST
Not even prima facie material with CCI to initiate probe: Facebook Inc to HCSenior advocate Mukul Rohatgi, appearing for Facebook Inc, contended that just because Facebook is the formal owner of WhatsApp and the ins...
22 Jul, 2022, 09.18 PM IST
Unable to move ahead in probe against WhatsApp, Facebook: CCI to courtCCI told a bench headed by Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma that there was "virtually a stay" on the proceedings and the anti-trust regu...
21 Jul, 2022, 08.49 PM IST
Delhi HC grants time to WhatsApp, Meta to respond to CCIThe Delhi High Court has decided not to interfere with the Competition Commission of India’s investigation into WhatsApp's new privacy poli...
04 Jan, 2022, 06.47 AM IST
Delhi High Court refuses to stay CCI notice to WhatsApp in privacy policy probe issueThe notice, which was issued on June 4, had sought certain documents in a probe ordered by the CCI to look into the new privacy policy of W...
23 Jun, 2021, 12.18 PM IST
Delhi HC defers hearing in WhatsApp privacy policy case to TuesdayWhatsApp and Facebook have challenged in the Delhi High Court Competition Commission of India’s directive to launch an investigation into t...
12 Apr, 2021, 07.51 PM IST
CCI's WhatsApp probe order a red flag for Big TechFirms need to tread carefully on data and privacy policy as probe could open floodgates for more
29 Mar, 2021, 10.11 AM IST
Antitrust allegations against Facebook's WhatsApp in IndiaThe complaint comes at a time when WhatsApp is working to launch its payments platform in India.
16 May, 2020, 07.54 AM IST