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Meta faces May 5 EU hearing over fee for third-party AI chatbots on WhatsApp

By Nicholas Hirst ( April 27, 2026, 14:25 GMT | Insight) -- Meta Platforms has been scheduled an antitrust hearing in Brussels on May 5 over its decision to charge other companies for putting their AI chatbots on its WhatsApp service, MLex has learned. Meta started charging for third-party AI chatbots after the European Commission threatened to take action against the company for banning them. Meta Platforms has been scheduled an antitrust hearing in Brussels on May 5 over its decision to charge other companies for putting their AI chatbots on its WhatsApp service, MLex has learned....

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