Meta's Muse and ByteDance's Doubao agent reportedly face access restrictions

SemiAnalysis says Amazon blocked Meta's Muse, while Jefferies found that a third of the US shopping and travel sites it tested blocked the agent too. In China, SemiAnalysis says 155 apps, including WeChat, Taobao and Alipay, opted out of ByteDance's Doubao phone agent after ByteDance gave apps 30 days to decide. The post asks whether the restrictions are about security, privacy or money, and raises the possibility of an “agent neutrality” rule if access goes to whoever pays.