Brussels, Belgium, April 15, 2026 (AFP) - EU rejects Meta's pay-for-access remedy in WhatsApp AI chatbots probe

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The EU told Meta Wednesday that charging rival AI chatbots for access to its WhatsApp platform runs against the bloc's antitrust rules, rebuffing the measure taken by the US giant in response to a probe. Meta started charging a fee as redress in March after an EU probe found it had "effectively" barred third-party artificial intelligence assistants from the messaging platform -- in breach of competition rules. But the European Commission, the E......

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