Turkey launches antitrust investigation into Meta over WhatsApp AI competition practices
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Turkey's competition authority has opened an antitrust investigation into Meta Platforms, alleging that the company used WhatsApp to give its own AI service an unfair advantage over rival AI chatbots. The Competition Board issued a temporary order requiring Meta to keep WhatsApp open to competing AI services during the investigation, preventing Meta from blocking or disadvantaging third-party generative AI chatbots and assistants on the platform.
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The Competition Board also issued a temporary order requiring Meta to keep WhatsApp open to competing AI services while the investigation continues.
The order means Meta must create conditions that allow third-party generative artificial intelligence chatbots and assistants to offer services through WhatsApp without being pushed out, blocked or forced to operate under terms that make the
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