The Digital Markets Act (DMA) has come into force, the Meta team has decided to provide some interesting details on how it plans to adapt to this new regulation with its two popular messaging services: we are talking about WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger.
Among the most important innovations of the Digital Markets Act is the one which provides that Meta must be ready to allow interoperability with other services within three months of receiving a specific request.
What changes for WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger
The new community legislation provides that support for individual chats and the sharing of images, videos and voice messages will be guaranteed within the first year, while subsequently interoperability must also include group chats and calls.
Meta specified that third-party companies will have to sign a specific agreement to interoperate with Messenger and WhatsApp before the social giant begins to collaborate with them to implement their support.
Meta asks that other companies use WhatsApp’s Signal protocol for encryption but leaves open the possibility of using other solutions as long as they meet the same security standards.
Meta is committed to ensuring that E2EE chats will be secure in transit, regardless of whether the other provider uses Signal or not. However, the social media giant obviously cannot guarantee that the applications that receive chats from WhatsApp and Messenger users do not behave badly.