--- title: Brussels eyes crowbar for Meta’s WhatsApp AI lockout description: The European Commission has accused Meta of violating EU competition rules by blocking third-party AI assistants like ChatGPT and Microsoft Copilot from... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/brussels-eyes-crowbar-for-meta-s-whatsapp-ai-lockout-snq2jqgpq twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Brussels eyes crowbar for Meta’s WhatsApp AI lockout | daily.dev og:description: The European Commission has accused Meta of violating EU competition rules by blocking third-party AI assistants like ChatGPT and Microsoft Copilot from... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/brussels-eyes-crowbar-for-meta-s-whatsapp-ai-lockout-snq2jqgpq og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/SNQ2JqGPQ.png og:image:alt: Brussels eyes crowbar for Meta’s WhatsApp AI lockout og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Brussels eyes crowbar for Meta’s WhatsApp AI lockout **[The Register](https://daily.dev/sources/theregister)** · 4 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary The European Commission has accused Meta of violating EU competition rules by blocking third-party AI assistants like ChatGPT and Microsoft Copilot from WhatsApp. Following policy changes in October 2025 that took full effect in January 2026, Meta AI became the only assistant allowed on the platform. Brussels is considering emergency interim measures to force Meta to restore competitor access, arguing the restrictions could cause serious harm to the AI assistant market. Meta disputes the claims, stating AI assistants have multiple distribution channels and citing a Brazilian court ruling that dismissed similar arguments. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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