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Meta seeks to avoid EU fine with free WhatsApp access for rival AI chatbots
Yahoo2026.05.12
Meta Platforms has offered to give rival AI chatbots free access to its social messaging service âWhatsApp for a month while it discusses ways to resolve EU antitrust âconcerns, the U.S. tech giant said on Tuesday, in a move that could stave off a âhefty fine. Meta's move came after the European Commission, which acts as the EU competition enforcer, indicated last month that it was inclined to order the company to provide rival AI chatbots access to WhatsApp. The company introduced a policy on January 15 allowing âonly its Meta AI assistant â on WhatsApp, before subsequently amending it in March and saying rivals could use the social messaging app for a fee.
