Meta reveals WhatsApp and Messenger interoperability strategy

EU DMA compliance move comes as South Korea mulls antitrust measures against Meta

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Meta reveals WhatsApp and Messenger interoperability strategy to meet DMA regulation
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Meta reveals WhatsApp and Messenger interoperability strategy to meet DMA regulation

Meta, the parent company of WhatsApp and Messenger, has revealed its strategy for implementing interoperability with third-party messaging services, aligning with the Digital Markets Act (DMA) enforced by the European Union.

Dick Brouwer, WhatsApp's engineering director, elaborated on the company's approach, emphasising that the users of third-party messaging services opting for interoperability (interop) would be able...

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