Ngemuva kokuhlasela kweRussia e-Ukraine, umbuso kaPutin uvimbe abantu baseRussia ukuthi bangene ezinkundleni zokuxhumana ezifana ne-Facebook ne-Instagram. Inkantolo yaseMoscow yasisekela lesi sinqumo futhi yanquma ukuthi iMeta inecala “lokweqisa”. Kodwa-ke, i-WhatsApp iyaqhubeka nokusebenza ezweni futhi ayithinteki ngokuvinjelwa. Inkantolo ithe lesi sithunywa ngeke sisetshenziselwe "ukusabalalisa ulwazi emphakathini", njengoba kubikwe yisikhungo seReuters.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, i-ejensi yokucwaninga yaseRussia i-Roskomnadzor isuse i-Meta ohlwini lwezinkampani ezingasebenza ku-inthanethi eRussia, futhi yakhipha kokubili i-Facebook ne-Instagram ohlwini lwamanethiwekhi omphakathi avunyelwe. Izincwadi zezindaba eRussia nazo ziyaphoqeleka ukuthi zilebule i-Facebook ne-Instagram njengezinhlangano ezivinjelwe lapho zibika ngazo, futhi azisavunyelwe ukusebenzisa ama-logo alezi zinkundla zokuxhumana.
Ungaba nentshisekelo ku
Akukacaci ukuthi amawebhusayithi ngandlela thize axhumanisa ama-akhawunti awo kulawa manethiwekhi nawo azothweswa icala, okuyinto esebenza ikakhulukazi kuma-e-shop. Nokho, isikhungo sezindaba saseRussia i-TASS sicaphune umshushisi wenkantolo ethi “abantu ngeke bashushiswe ngoba nje besebenzisa izinkonzo zeMeta.” Nokho, abavikeli bamalungelo abantu abaqiniseki kangako ngalesi sithembiso. Besaba ukuthi noma yikuphi ukuvezwa esidlangalaleni kwalezi "zimpawu" kungaholela enhlawulo noma izinsuku eziyishumi nanhlanu ejele.
Igalari yezithombe
Isinqumo sokususa i-WhatsApp ekuvinjweni siyaxaka. I-WhatsApp kufanele ihlale kanjani isebenza lapho i-Meta ivinjelwe emisebenzini yezohwebo kuyo yonke indawo yaseRussia? Uma kucatshangelwa ukuthi lena kungenye yezindlela ezithandwa kakhulu abantu baseRussia ukuxhumana nabangane nomndeni, kungenzeka ukuthi inkantolo yafinyelela kulesi sinqumo ukuze ibonise ukuvunyelwa okuthile kubantu bakhona. Uma iMeta ivala uWhatsApp eRussia iyodwa, izokhombisa inkampani ukuthi iyona evimba ukuxhumana phakathi kwezakhamizi zaseRussia nokuthi iyona embi.
