The European Commission has sent a Supplementary Statement of Objections to Meta setting out the Commission's intention to order Meta to
reinstate third-party AI assistants' access to WhatsApp under the same conditions as before its policy change of 15 October 2025. This is despite modifications announced by Meta on 4 March 2026.
This is a further step in the Commission's interim measures procedure in the context of its investigation into a potential abuse of dominant position by Meta through restricting access of third-party AI assistants to its messaging app, WhatsApp. It follows a Statement of Objections sent on
9 February 2026, in which the Commission set out its preliminary view that Meta breached EU antitrust rules by excluding third-party assistants from accessing and interacting with users on WhatsApp.
In today's Supplementary Statement of Objections, the Commission assessed Meta's decision to re-instate access to WhatsApp for third-party AI assistants subject to the payment of a fee. The Commission
has preliminarily found that this policy is in effect equivalent to the previous access ban. Meta's conduct risks blocking competitors from entering or expanding in the rapidly growing market for AI assistants.