Ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ngemuva kokuthi uhulumeni wase-United States ethule uphenyo ngengubo yokulwa nokungathembani ngokumelene neBig Tech. Muva nje kumenyezelwe ukuthi uChris Hughes naye uyalisekela leli cala emkhankasweni wakhe wokwehliswa kuFacebook., inkampani enkulu kunazo zonke yezokuxhumana ayisungula noMark Zuckerberg.
Emasontweni edlule, kubikwa wahlangana nezikhulu eziphezulu ezivela kuhulumeni wase-United States kanye noMnyango Wezobulungiswa, izifundiswa, abameli jikelele kanye nabaholi beFederal Trade Commission ukuxoxa ngecala elingahle livulwe mayelana neFacebook.
Ngokwemibiko ekhishwe ngoLwesihlanu ngabezindaba abehlukene e-United States, uCU-hris Hughe ushiye inethiwekhi yokuxhumana nabantu ngo-2007 futhi wanikela ngamasheya akhe abiza cishe ama- $ 500 million. Wenze uhambo e-USA eyonxenxa ukuqedwa kwenethiwekhi yezokuxhumana.
Ngesikhathi evakashele enhlokodolobha, waphinde wahlangana nezifundiswa ezimbili zomthetho ezivelele kusuka kulo mncintiswano, uScott Hemphill waseNew York University noTim Wu waseColumbia University.
Ngesikhathi semihlangano eyehlukene ayibambile, uChris Hughes nababekhuluma naye babhunga ngecala elalikhona lokuvikela ukwethembana lokho kukhokhisa lesi sikhondlakhondla sezokuxhumana, namuhla esinabasebenzisi abangaphezu kwezigidigidi ezingama-2.7 ngenyanga.
KuHughes, lokhu kubheka kulula: "UFacebook noMark Zuckerberg babulala lo mncintiswano."
Ngokusho kwakhe, uhulumeni kufanele enze uMark aziphendulele. Ukholelwa ukuthi abomthetho kudala bamangazwa ukukhula okuqhumayo kwe-Facebook futhi badebeselela isibopho sabo sokuqinisekisa ukuvikelwa kwabantu baseMelika kanye nokuncintisana kwezimakethe.
Ngokushesha, iFederal Trade Commission kufanele ihlawulise inkampani ama- $ 5 billion, kepha lokho akwanele. IFacebook nayo ayiphakamisi ukuqamba uhlobo lwesikhulu sobumfihlo. Ngemuva kobufakazi bukaMark kwiCongress ngonyaka odlule, bekufanele ngabe uceliwe ukuthi awathathe ngempela amaphutha akhe, "esho ekuhleleni kwakhe.
Ngokusho kukaHughes, abomthetho abaxoxisana noMark Zuckerberg ngemuva kwehlazo leCambridge Analytica bahlekwa usulu futhi yethulwe njengendala kakhulu futhi inqanyuliwe ukuqonda ukuthi ubuchwepheshe busebenza kanjani.
Kuyena, lo ngumbono uZuckerberg afuna amaMelika awuthole. ngoba kusho ukuthi kuncane okuzoshintsha. Ngemuva kwesitatimende sakhe, wajoyina abezombusazwe abanjengoSenator Elizabeth Warren noma izintatheli ezinjengoWalt Mossberg owayengumbhali weWall Street Journal.
Abokugcina babehambise kuTwitter ukukhombisa ukweseka uHughes, bethi bavumelana ngombono wakhe, okungukuthi ukudilizwa kweFacebook kanye nokulawulwa kwezinhlangano ezisele ngaphansi komthetho omusha wesifundazwe mayelana nokuvikelwa kobumfihlo.
Labo abafuna uhulumeni ahlakaze uFacebook bathi lesi sinqumo sizoholela ekukhuleni komncintiswano phakathi kwezinkampani zezokuxhumana, okungasho ukukhetha okukhulu kubathengi.
Abanye futhi bathi kungacindezela umphakathi ukuthi wenze okuningi maqondana nokuvikela ubumfihlo.
Ngokwabezindaba ababili baseMelika, i-New York Times neWashington Post, kweminye yemihlangano yabo yakamuva, yena nabasebenzi bakhe baveze umbukiso wesilayidi onamakhasi angama-39 ethula ingxabano yomthetho ngamaphuzu ngamaphoyinti ngenhloso yokuyeka wenethiwekhi, ngokususelwa kumashumi eminyaka we-antitrust jurisprudence.
Ngokwayo, i-Facebook ithole amabhizinisi amancane angaphezu kwama-75 kule minyaka engu-15 edlule. Ngokwengeziwe, izifundiswa ezimbili zokungathembeki kanye nabasebenza isikhathi eside benze ingxabano yokuqhekeka kukaFacebook okuvela kumasilayidi ahlukahlukene athulwe emihlanganweni eyahlukahlukene namalungu kahulumeni nabalawuli.
U-Hughes nabalingani bakhe bazamile ukukhombisa ukuthi cishe iminyaka eyishumi, i-Facebook ithole "ukuthenga" (i-Instagram nge $ 1 billion ngo-2012 no-Whatsapp nge-19 billion ngo-2014, ngamacala abucayi kakhulu "ochungechunge oluvikelayo" ngenhloso yokuthi vikela isikhundla sakho esivelele emakethe yezokuxhumana.
Kuze kube yileso sikhathi, namanje asazi ukuthi le miphumela ehlukene izokwanela yini ukuncibilikisa i-Facebook, kepha uma kwenzeka, bekungaba icala elingajwayelekile. U-Hughes nabalingani beqembu lakhe abazinciphisi izingalo zabo.
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