Brazil Antitrust Watchdog Moves Against WhatsApp Over AI Chatbot Ban, Raising Fresh Pressure on Meta

Tekedia | 14-01-2026 02:53pm |

Brazil’s competition authority has ordered WhatsApp to suspend a controversial policy that prevents third-party artificial intelligence companies from offering chatbots on the messaging platform, opening a new front in a growing global regulatory challenge to Meta’s AI strategy. The order, issued by the Conselho Administrativo de Defesa Econômica (CADE), also launches a formal investigation into

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