Meta announced this will eliminate the integration between the two instagram And Facebook Messenger; feature launched in 2020 that allowed Facebook chats with Instagram chats or vice versa.

The purpose of that connection was create some kind of messaging infrastructure between the three Meta-applications. That is, between direct messages on Instagram, Facebook Messenger chats, which even has a separate application, and WhatsApp, although the latter has never been integrated.

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Since mid-December Meta will remove the following currently available features as shown on their support page.

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The accounts must communicate via the same social network to maintain the chat. The European Union’s Digital Markets Act (DMA) is one of the reasons for removing this feature. This law mainly obliges those large technology companies create interoperability between your messaging applications with even other third party apps.

The law aims to ensure that technology companies comply with specific standards and regulations when it comes to data sharing to promote fair competition in the digital market. This could have prompted Meta to make this decision to comply with legal requirements and avoid possible sanctions. (JO)