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EU Orders Meta To Restore Free WhatsApp Access For Rival AI Chatbots

The move preserves a key distribution channel for AI assistants during an EU antitrust probe.

Apple Cuts China App Store Commission to 25% Starting March 15

Warner Says Paramount’s $31-Per-Share Offer Could Be Superior to Netflix

Mexico Antitrust Regulator Blocks Visa’s 51% Purchase of Prosa

EU Says Meta Must Allow Rival AI Chatbots on WhatsApp

Mexico Antitrust Regulator Finds Freight Rail Lacks Competition, Moves to Force Ferromex Sale of Nogales–Guaymas

WhatsApp Cuts Off Third-Party AI Chatbots as New Policy Takes Effect

Mexico’s Antitrust Watchdog Accepts Google’s Pledge to Scrap Android Contract Limits

EU Opens Antitrust Probe Into Meta Over WhatsApp Rules That Could Shut Out Rival AI

EU Opens Antitrust Probe Into Meta Over WhatsApp AI Access Policy

ATAC to Compensate Rome Riders as Antitrust Closes Probe With Binding Commitments

German Antitrust Watchdog Tests Apple’s Proposed Changes to App Tracking Transparency

Korea’s Antitrust Chief Delays New Platform Law, Turns to Existing Enforcement

Apple Opens iPhone Side Button to Third-Party Assistants in Japan

Google’s $32 Billion Wiz Deal Wins U.S. Antitrust Sign-Off

Rheinmetall to Acquire Lürssen’s NVL, Expanding Into Naval Shipbuilding

EU Accepts Microsoft Deal to Unbundle Teams From Office

Lufthansa in Talks to Lift ITA Airways Stake to 90% by Mid-2026

CCI, MeitY Set Regular Consultations on Data Protection–Competition Overlap

Colombia Opens Formal Antitrust Investigation Into Apple’s App Store Rules