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Italy regulator drops investigation into Meta's WhatsApp AI bot

June 8, 2026 12:20 PM EDT

FILE PHOTO: The logo of Meta at the Meta Lab in Los Angeles, California, U.S., May 20, 2026. REUTERS/Daniel Cole/File Photo

ROME, ‌June 8 (Reuters) - ​Italy's ​competition authority said ‌on Monday it had ⁠dropped an investigation ‌into Meta Platforms ‌over allegations the company abused its ​dominant position by installing ⁠its artificial intelligence tool ​on messaging service WhatsApp.

The investigation had been ​launched in ‌July 2025.

The regulator, known ⁠as AGCM, said it closed ⁠its probe because the ​European Commission had extended its own investigation into ‌the same issue to ‌include the ⁠Italian territory.

(Reporting ‌by ​Alvise Armellini, editing by Cristina ‌Carlevaro)



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