EU antitrust regulators to rule on Facebook's Kustomer deal by August 2


FILE PHOTO: The Facebook logo is displayed on a mobile phone in this picture illustration taken December 2, 2019. REUTERS/Johanna Geron/Illustration

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU antitrust regulators will decide by Aug. 2 whether to clear Facebook's acquisition of U.S. customer service startup Kustomer, a filing on the European Commission website showed.

The world's largest social network announced the deal in November to help it scale up its instant messaging app WhatsApp, which has reported a jump in usage during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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