Lezi akuzona izindaba ezinhle ze-Meta (owayeyi-Facebook). I-British Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) ekugcineni inqume ukuthi inkampani kufanele ithengise isiteji sesithombe esidumile i-Giphy.
I-Meta ithenge inkampani yaseMelika i-Giphy, esebenzisa inkundla enegama elifanayo lokwabelana ngezithombe ezifushane ezipopayi ezaziwa ngama-GIF, ngo-2020 (ngamaRandi ayizigidi ezingama-400), kodwa yahlangabezana nezinkinga ngonyaka olandelayo. Ngaleso sikhathi, i-CMA yayala i-Meta ukuthi idayise inkampani ngoba ibheka ukutholwa kwayo njengento engaba yingozi kubasebenzisi benkundla yezokuxhumana nabakhangisi base-UK. Le nkampani ibizenzela ezayo izinsiza zokukhangisa, futhi ukuthola kwayo i-Metou kungasho ukuthi ingasho ukuthi i-Giphy ingasetshenziswa yini kwezinye izinkundla zokuxhumana.
Ngaleso sikhathi, uStuart McIntosh, usihlalo weqembu elizimele labaphenyi, watshela i-ejensi ukuthi i-Facebook (Meta) "ingaqhubekisela phambili amandla ayo emakethe asevele abalulekile ngokuhambisana nezinkundla zokuxhumana ezincintisanayo." Inhlansi yethemba nge-Meta yavela kuleli hlobo, lapho uchwepheshe wase-UK Wokudluliswa Kwezikhalazo Zokuncintisana ethola ukungahambi kahle ophenyweni lwe-CMA futhi wanquma ukubuyekeza icala. Ngokusho kwakhe, ihhovisi alizange likwazise i-Met mayelana nokutholwa okufanayo kwesikhulumi se-Gfycat yinethiwekhi yezokuxhumana ye-Snapchat. Ngaleso sikhathi i-CMA bekumele ithathe isinqumo ngo-Okthoba, osekwenzeka manje.
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Umkhulumeli weMeta utshele iThe Verge ukuthi "inkampani iphoxekile ngesinqumo se-CMA, kodwa iyasamukela njengezwi lokugcina kulolu daba." Wengeze ngokuthi uzosebenzisana kakhulu neziphathimandla ngokudayiswa kweGiphy. Akukacaci okwamanje ukuthi isinqumo sizosho ukuthini ngekhono lokusebenzisa ama-GIF ku-Meta's Facebook nakwezinye izinkundla zokuxhumana.
