Obekucatshangelwa ngakho ezinyangeni ezedlule kufezeke - isikhungo sikahulumeni wase-US i-Federal Trade Commission (FTC) kanye cishe nazo zonke izifundazwe zase-US zafaka icala kuFacebook. Kuyo, inkampani isola inkampani ngokwephula imithetho yokuncintisana ngokuthola izinkundla zokuxhumana ezidumile manje emhlabeni jikelele i-Instagram ne-WhatsApp, futhi ihlongoza ukuzithengisa.
“Sekuyiminyaka ecishe ibe yishumi, i-Facebook isebenzise amandla ayo okubusa kanye namandla awo wonke ukuze iqede izimbangi ezincane futhi ivimbele ukuncintisana; konke ngezindleko zabasebenzisi abajwayelekile, ”kusho Ummeli Jikelele waseNew York u-Letitia James egameni labamangali abangama-46 baseMelika.
Njengesikhumbuzo - uhlelo lwe-Instagram lwathengwa yisiqhwaga senhlalo ngo-2012 ngamadola ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane, kwathi uWhatsApp eminyakeni emibili kamuva wathengwa ngisho namadola ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane eziyi-19.
Njengoba i-FTC ivume womabili "amadili" ngesikhathi esisodwa, ukuqulwa kwecala kungase kuqhubeke iminyaka eminingana.
Ummeli we-Facebook u-Jennifer Newstead esitatimendeni uthe icala "liwumzamo wokubhala kabusha umlando" nokuthi ayikho imithetho yokungathembeki ejezisa "izinkampani eziphumelelayo." Ngokusho kwakhe, womabili amapulatifomu abe yimpumelelo ngemuva kokuthi i-Facebook itshale izigidigidi zamaRandi ekuthuthukisweni kwawo.
Kodwa-ke, i-FTC ikubona ngendlela ehlukile futhi ithi ukuthengwa kwe-Instagram ne-WhatsApp kwakuyingxenye "yesu elihlelekile" lapho i-Facebook yazama ukuqeda ukuncintisana kwayo, kuhlanganise nezimbangi ezincane ezithembisayo ezifana nalezi zinkundla.
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