Must Meta Open WhatsApp To Competing AI Assistants? – Antitrust, EU Competition

SJ Steptoe LLP More In more than 100 years of practice, Steptoe has earned an international reputation for vigorous representation of clients before governmental agencies, successful advocacy in litigation and arbitration, and creative and practical advice in structuring business transactions. Steptoe has more than 500 lawyers and professional staff across the US, Europe and Asia. The European Commission has imposed interim measures requiring Meta to restore third-party AI assistant access to WhatsApp’s Business API, marking a significant enforcement action under Article 102 TFEU. This decision addresses Meta’s alleged abuse of dominant position by excluding competing AI assistants while maintaining access only for its own Meta AI. The case raises critical questions about competition enforcement in emerging digital markets and whether early foreclosure effects can irreversibly streng Belgium Antitrust/Competition Law To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. Article Insights Robert Klotz’s articles from Steptoe LLP are most popular: in European Union in European Union Steptoe LLP are most popular: with readers working within the Technology industries By a decision of June 9, the Commission obliged Meta to provisionally restore access to WhatsApp for competing AI assistants. While such interim measures are imposed in a
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