Kwiintsuku ezimbalwa emva kokuba urhulumente wase-United States esungule uphando ngengubo ngokuchasene neBig Tech. Kutshanje kuye kwabhengezwa ukuba uChris Hughes naye uxhasa isimangalo kwiphulo lakhe lokwehlisa u-Facebook., Eyona nkampani inkulu yemidiya yoluntu wayiseka noMark Zuckerberg.
Kwezi veki zidlulileyo, kuthiwa wadibana namagosa aphezulu avela kurhulumente waseMelika kunye neSebe lezoBulungisa, izifundiswa, amagqwetha ngokubanzi kunye neenkokheli zeFederal Trade Commission ukuba baxoxe ngecala elinokubakho lokuchasana nxamnye ne-Facebook.
Ngokweengxelo ezipapashwe ngolwe-Sihlanu ngamajelo eendaba ahlukeneyo eMelika, uCU-Hris Hughe wayishiya inethiwekhi yoluntu ngo-2007 kwaye wangena kwizabelo zakhe ezixabisa phantse i-500 yezigidi zeedola. Wenza ukhenketho e-USA eyokuxhasa ukupheliswa kwenethiwekhi yoluntu.
Ngexesha lokhenketho kwikomkhulu, wadibana nabafundi ababini abaziwayo bezomthetho ukusuka kukhuphiswano, uScott Hemphill ovela kwiYunivesithi yaseNew York kunye noTim Wu osuka kwiYunivesithi yaseColumbia.
Ngexesha leentlanganiso ezahlukileyo azibambeleyo, uChris Hughes kunye nabathetheli bakhe baxoxa ngetyala elinokubakho lokungabikho Ibiza imali enkulu kwimidiya yoluntu, namhlanje enabasebenzisi abangaphezulu kwe-2.7 yezigidigidi ngenyanga.
KuHughes, ukubonwa kulula: "UFacebook noMark Zuckerberg babulala ukhuphiswano."
Ngokutsho kwakhe, urhulumente kufuneka abambe uMark kwi-akhawunti. Ukholelwa ukuba abenzi bomthetho kudala bemangalisiwe kukukhula kokuqhuma kwe-Facebook kwaye abaluhoyanga uxanduva lwabo lokuqinisekisa ukhuseleko lwabantu baseMelika kunye nokhuphiswano kwiimarike.
“Kungekudala iFederal Trade Commission kufuneka ihlawulise inkampani i-5 yeebhiliyoni zeedola, kodwa ayonelanga leyo. I-Facebook ayicebisi ukuba ichaze uhlobo lwegosa labucala. Emva kobungqina bukaMark kwiCongress kunyaka ophelileyo, bekufanele ukuba uceliwe ukuba azithathele kuye iimpazamo, utshilo kumhleli wakhe.
Ngokuka-Hughes, amagosa awenza udliwanondlebe noMark Zuckerberg emva kwehlazo likaCambridge Analytica bahlekiswa kwaye yaziswa njengendala kakhulu kwaye inqanyuliwe ukuze iqonde ukuba itekhnoloji isebenza njani.
Kuye, oku kukucinga ukuba uZuckerberg wayefuna amaMelika afumane. kuba kuthetha ukuba incinci iyakutshintsha. Ngokukhawuleza emva kwengxelo yakhe, wajoyina abantu bezopolitiko abanjengoSenator Elizabeth Warren okanye iintatheli ezinje ngombhali weWall Street Journal uWalt Mossberg.
Abokugqibela bathathe i-Twitter ukubonisa inkxaso ku-Hughes, besithi babelana ngombono wakhe, oko kukuthi, ukudilizwa kuka-Facebook kunye nommiselo wamashishini aseleyo phantsi komthetho omtsha wezomthetho malunga nokukhuselwa kwemfihlo.
Abo bafuna urhulumente anyibilike uFacebook bathi esi sigqibo siza kubangela ukwanda kokhuphiswano phakathi kweenkampani zosasazo zasekuhlaleni, ezinokuthetha ukhetho olukhulu kubathengi.
Abanye bakwatsho ukuba ingayinyanzela uluntu ukuba lwenze ngakumbi ngokubhekiselele kukhuseleko lwabucala.
Ngokwabeendaba ezimbini zaseMelika, iNew York Times kunye neWashington Post, ngexesha leentlanganiso zabo zamva nje, yena kunye nabasebenzi bakhe bahambisa iphepha elinomboniso wesilayidi elinamaphepha angama-39 beveza ingxoxo yenqaku ngamanqaku ngokwasemthethweni befuna ukugxothwa emsebenzini yenethiwekhi, esekwe kumashumi eminyaka ye-antitrust jurisprudence.
Iyodwa, i-Facebook ifumene ngaphezulu kwama-75 amashishini amancinci kule minyaka ili-15 idlulileyo. Ukongeza, abafundi ababini be-antitrust kunye nababesebenze ixesha elide benze ingxoxo yokuqhekeka kukaFacebook ebonakala kwizilayidi ezahlukeneyo eziboniswe kwiintlanganiso ezahlukeneyo namalungu orhulumente nabalawuli.
U-Hughes kunye nabalingane bakhe bazamile ukubonisa ukuba phantse ishumi leminyaka, u-Facebook wenze "ukuthengwa (i-Instagram nge-1 yezigidigidi zeedola ngo-2012 kunye ne-Whatsapp ye-19 yezigidigidi ngo-2014, kwezona meko zinzima" zokuzikhusela kuthotho "kunye ukuze khusela isikhundla sakho esibalaseleyo kwimarike yemidiya yoluntu.
Kude kube lelo xesha, asikazi ukuba ezi ziphumo zahlukileyo ziya kwanela ukuyichitha i-Facebook, kodwa ukuba yenzekile, isenokuba yimeko enqabileyo. Hughes kunye namaqabane akhe musa ukuthoba iingalo zabo.
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