By Anna Ferrari and Nicholas Hirst ( December 12, 2025, 14:14 GMT | Insight) -- Meta will appear at a closed-door hearing in Rome on Tuesday, to contest a move by the Italian antitrust authority to temporarily keep AI chatbots on WhatsApp. The meeting, to be attended by investigators, Meta and rival chatbot services, suggests the AGCM is moving fast on its threat to freeze the new WhatsApp policy.Meta will appear at a closed-door hearing in Rome on Tuesday to contest a move by the Italian antitrust authority to temporarily keep AI chatbots on WhatsApp, MLex has learned....
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