Italy's antitrust authority said on Wednesday it had launched an investigation into Meta Platforms over allegations the company abused its dominant position by installing its artificial intelligence tool on messaging service WhatsApp.

The technology giant is under investigation in Italy for alleged breaches of EU competition law. View on euronews

Italy said Wednesday it opened a probe into social media giant Meta for potentially breaking EU competition laws by installing its AI tool into WhatsApp.

Competiton regulator smells abuse of a dominant market position, Zuckercorp claims all is well Meta's addition of AI services to encrypted messaging platform WhatsApp has Italian officials suspecting the Silicon Valley giant may be abusing its dominant market position to push unwanted features on users.

The Italian competition regulator launched a probe into Meta (META) alleging that the company abused its dominant position by installing AI tool on WhatsApp.