I-U.S. House of Representatives Antitrust Subcommittee maduze izokhipha imiphumela yophenyo lwayo ku-Facebook nezinye izimboni zobuchwepheshe. Ngokusekelwe kulokho elikutholile, ikomiti elincane kulindeleke ukuthi linxuse uKhongolose ukuthi wenze buthaka amandla alo. Inhloko yekomiti elincane, uDavid Cicilline, uveze ukuthi umzimba ungancoma ukuhlukaniswa kwawo. Lokhu kusho ukuthi ngokuzayo, kuzofanele alahle i-Instagram noma i-WhatsApp, ayithenge ngo-2012 nango-2014, noma kokubili. NgokukaFacebook, nokho, ukuhlukana ngenkani okuyalelwe nguhulumeni kuzoba nzima kakhulu futhi kubize kakhulu.
Inkundla yezokuxhumana enkulu kunazo zonke ikusho lokhu emqulwini onamakhasi angu-14 otholwe yi-Wall Street Journal, olungiswe ngokusekelwe emsebenzini wabameli benkampani yabameli i-Sidley Austin LLP, nalapho inkampani yethula khona izimpikiswano efuna ukuzivikela phambi kwenkantolo. ikomidi elincane.
I-Facebook ithulule izigidigidi zamarandi ezinkundleni zokuxhumana ezidumile i-Instagram ne-WhatsApp selokhu yazithola. Eminyakeni yamuva nezinyanga, bebezama ukuhlanganisa izici ezithile zabo neminye imikhiqizo yabo.
Ekuzivikeleni kwayo, inkampani ifuna ukuphikisa ngokuthi ukukhulula lezi zinkundla ezishiwo kuzoba “nzima kakhulu” futhi kuzodla izigidigidi zamaRandi uma kufanele kugcinwe izinhlelo ezihlukene ngokuphelele. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ukholelwa ukuthi kuzokwenza buthaka ukuphepha futhi kube nomthelela omubi kulwazi lomsebenzisi.
Iziphetho zekomiti elincane kufanele zishicilelwe ekupheleni kukaMfumfu. Ake sengeze ukuthi ngo-Okthoba 28, iCongress imema inhloko ye-Facebook Mark Zuckerberg, i-Google Sundar Photosi kanye noJack Dorsey we-Twitter ekulalelweni.
