Facebook mulls combining Instagram and Messenger chats

Facebook is considering merging its chat functions for Instagram and its Messenger app as the technology giant moves to head off regulators in the US who have called for it to be broken up. Instagram’s direct messaging function will become compatible with an- other Facebook-owned app, Messenger, according to technology website The Verge. Users began seeing pop-ups in their apps of the change late last week. An in-app message encouraged users to “chat with friends who use Facebook&rdq