The European Commission has told Meta
it intends to impose “interim measures” to stop the tech giant from excluding third-party AI assistants from WhatsApp.
On Monday, the EU informed the company that its preliminary view was that it had “breached” EU antitrust rules. The investigation is still ongoing, and measures are subject to Meta’s reply and rights of defense, the Commission said.
The bloc’s Commissioner for Competition, Teresa Ribera, said it would prevent “dominant tech companies to illegally leverage their dominance to give themselves an unfair advantage” to protect “effective competition.”
“AI markets are developing at rapid pace, so we also need to be swift in our action. That is why we are considering quickly imposing interim measures on Meta, to preserve access for competitors to WhatsApp, while the investigation is ongoing, and avoid Meta’s new policy irreparably harming competition in Europe,” she added.
