EU to require iMessage, WhatsApp to communicate with smaller messaging services

On Thursday, the European Union announced plans to enact new legislation that would demand major messaging services -- including iMessage, WhatsApp, and Facebook Messenger -- to send and receive messages, calls, videos, and files from smaller competitors. The rule, part of the larger proposed Digital Markets Act (DMA,) would require major messaging platforms to allow their services to work with smaller messaging platforms. Services that would need to work between platforms include sending messag...