LONDON, Jan 23 (Reuters) - British regulator Ofcom said on Friday it had opened an investigation into Meta Platforms over the information it had provided relating to WhatsApp for one of its market reviews.

Investing.com -- British telecommunications regulator Ofcom has launched an investigation into Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META) regarding information the company provided about WhatsApp during a market review.

The UK regulator Ofcom is investigating Meta Platforms for potentially incomplete or inaccurate information related to WhatsApp in a review of the business bulk SMS market. This review focuses on the use of SMS for various notifications,

Last year, we carried out a review of the wholesale market for business bulk SMS messages, which are often used for things like appointment

Brazil's competition watchdog has ordered WhatsApp to put on hold its policy that bars third-party AI companies from using its business API to offer chatbots on the app. The agency has also started an investigation against the company to determine if the policy is anti-competitive.

The FTC hopes the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia will agree that “robust evidence at trial” showed that Meta’s acquisitions were improper. In the initial trial, the FTC sought a breakup of Meta’s apps, with Meta risking forced divestments of Instagram or WhatsApp.

Following regulatory scrutiny, Meta has confirmed that the third-party LLM ban on WhatsApp won’t apply to users in Italy and Brazil.

Meta Platforms and WhatsApp have moved the Supreme Court (SC) challenging a Rs 213.14 crore fine imposed by the Competition Commission of India (CCI) over WhatsApp’s 2021 privacy policy.

Meta’s WhatsApp AI restrictions spark a Comesa probe, raising concerns over market foreclosure, and the future of AI innovation

Jan 20 (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Trade Commission will file an appeal seeking to revive its case accusing Facebook parent company Meta Platforms of bolstering an illegal monopoly by acquiring Instagram and WhatsApp,