Ezinsukwini ezimbalwa nje ngemuva kokuba uhulumeni wase-US eqalise uphenyo olukhulu lokulwa nokungathembani nge-Big Tech, muva nje kumenyezelwe ukuthi uChris Hughes naye usekela icala emkhankasweni wakhe wokubhidliza i-Facebook , inkampani enkulu kunazo zonke yezokuxhumana ayisungula noMark Zuckerberg.
Emasontweni amuva nje, kubikwa ukuthi uhlangane nezikhulu eziphezulu zikahulumeni wase-US kanye noMnyango Wezobulungiswa, izifundiswa, abameli jikelele, kanye nabaholi be-Federal Trade Commission ukuze baxoxe ngecala elingase libe khona lokulwa nokungathembani ngokumelene ne-Facebook.
Ngokusho kwemibiko eyanyatheliswa ngoLwesihlanu yimithombo yezindaba eyahlukene e-United States, uChris Hughes washiya inethiwekhi yokuxhumana ngo-2007 waqoqa amasheya akhe abiza cishe amaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-500. Wavakashela e-US ukuyomela ukudilizwa kwenethiwekhi yokuxhumana.
Ngesikhathi evakashele inhloko-dolobha, wahlangana nezazi zomthetho ezimbili ezivelele zokuncintisana, uScott Hemphill waseNyuvesi yaseNew York kanye noTim Wu waseYunivesithi yaseColumbia.
Ngesikhathi semihlangano eyahlukahlukene ayibambile, uChris Hughes kanye nabantu ayekhuluma nabo baxoxe ngecala elingase libe khona lokulwa nokungathembani ngokumelene nale nkampani enkulu yezokuxhumana, namuhla enabasebenzisi abasebenzayo abangaphezu kwezigidigidi ezingu-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, abenzi bomthetho abaxoxisana noMark Zuckerberg ngemuva kwehlazo leCambridge Analytica bahlekwa usulu futhi bavezwa njengabadala kakhulu futhi abangasakwazi ukuqonda ukuthi ubuchwepheshe busebenza kanjani.
Kuye, lo mbono uZuckerberg ayefuna abantu baseMelika bawuthole ngoba kusho ukuthi kuncane okuzoshintsha. Ngemva nje kwesitatimende sakhe, wajoyinwa ngabantu bezombusazwe abafana noSenator Elizabeth Warren kanye nezintatheli ezifana nowayengumlobi wephephandaba iWall Street Journal uWalt Mossberg.
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.
Ngokusho kwemithombo yezindaba emibili yase-US, i-New York Times kanye ne-Washington Post, phakathi kweminye yemihlangano yabo yakamuva, yena kanye nabasebenzi bakhe bethule umbukiso wesilayidi onamakhasi angu-39 owenza impikiswano yezomthetho eqondile neqondile esekela ukuqedwa kwenethiwekhi, ngokusekelwe emashumini eminyaka omthetho wokulwa nokungathembani.
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.