It is reported that Brazil’s competition authority – the Brazilian Administrative Council for Economic Defense (CADE) – has initiated an investigation into Meta and WhatsApp following complaints from AI assistant companies Luzia and Zapia. These companies allege that recent changes to WhatsApp’s Terms of Service, announced in October 2025, prohibit general-use AI providers from integrating with the app, effectively granting Meta’s own assistant, Meta AI, a monopoly within the platform. The new terms immediately affect new developers and will extend to existing ones starting 15 January 2026. The complainants argued that this move disrupts competition, innovation, and user choice, especially given WhatsApp’s widespread use in Brazil. They also claimed that Meta provided no technical or security justifications for the ban and implemented the restrictions abruptly, jeopardizing entire business models.
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