Facebook told to sell Instagram and WhatsApp in new US competition case     

US regulator the Federal Trade Commission has refiled its competition case against Facebook, accusing it of illegally maintaining monopoly power and again asking for it to sell off both Instagram and  WhatsApp

The FTC accused Facebook of an 'illegal buy or bury scheme to crush competition' in the headline to its complaint. 

US regulator the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has refiled its competition case against Facebook, accusing it of illegally maintaining monopoly power and again asking for it to sell off both Instagram and  WhatsApp. 

The regulator had suffered a setback earlier this year when a federal judge threw out its lawsuit against the company.