Facebook wins conditional EU antitrust nod for Kustomer deal


FILE PHOTO A woman holds smartphone with Facebook logo in front of a displayed Facebooks new rebrand logo Meta in this illustration picture taken October 28 2021. REUTERSDado RuvicIllustrationFile Photo

FILE PHOTO: A woman holds smartphone with Facebook logo in front of a displayed Facebook's new rebrand logo Meta in this illustration picture taken October 28, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Facebook on Thursday secured EU antitrust approval for its acquisition of U.S. customer service startup Kustomer after agreeing to provide rivals free access to its messaging channels for 10 years.

The European Commission said the pledge addressed competition concerns. Reuters reported last month that the world's largest social network would gained conditional EU clearance for the deal.

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