The EU Commission has her threat against Meta tightened and the company again announced interim measures due to the exclusion of competing AI assistants from WhatsApp. The Brussels competition authority wants this according to his own statements prevent “serious and irreparable damage to the market”.
According to the commission, it has been up since mid-January Whatsapp only Meta’s own AI chatbot Meta AI is available. The service can summarize, translate, create texts and answer questions. According to the EU Commission’s preliminary assessment, providers of comparable AI models such as ChatGPT, Gemini or Claude no longer have access to the messenger service. Meta had announced the exclusion of competition in October 2025.
The EU Commission has been investigating the case since December 2025 and had already threatened coercive measures at the beginning of February. Meta then announced changes at the beginning of March. However, these would actually amount to the previous access ban, the Commission has now announced. The interim measures now announced would apply until the authority has completed its investigation and made a final decision. When that will be is unclear. There is no legal deadline.
Further EU proceedings against Meta
Meta has denied the allegations. A company spokesman had already announced in February that there was no reason for the company to intervene EU. There are many AI options available across app stores, operating systems and websites. According to Meta, the commission incorrectly assumes that the WhatsApp interface is an important sales channel for AI chatbots.
Meta still has the opportunity to avert the measures. How exactly the Commission would proceed to restore access to Meta’s competitors initially remained unclear.
Against Meta Further EU proceedings are already underway for violations of European digital laws. The group must expect high fines due, among other things, to a lack of data transparency and its handling of illegal content on its platforms.