Uhlelo lokusebenza oludumile lokwabelana ngevidiyo ngefomu elifushane lusaqhubeka nokubhekwana nokukhathazeka mayelana nokuphepha kwezwe.
I-US njengamanje iphokophele phambili ngomthethosivivinywa oyimpikiswano ongaholela ekutheni i-TikTok ivinjelwe ezweni.
Umthethosivivinywa weTikTok uvotelwe yiNdlu yabaMeli izolo (13 Mashi) ngemuva kokuhoxiswa kwekomidi lezomnotho ngamavoti angama-50-0 ngesonto eledlule. Manje izoya eSenate.
I-TikTok iyaqhubeka nokuphikisa izimangalo zokuthi ina, noma izoke, yabelane ngedatha yabasebenzisi base-US neziphathimandla zaseShayina.
Yini i-TikTok bill?
Uma umthethosivivinywa uqala ukusebenza, inkampani yaseShayina i-ByteDance izophoqeleka ukuthi ithengise ingxenye yayo enguqulweni yase-US ye-TikTok noma ibhekane nokuvinjelwa ngokushesha kohlelo lokusebenza ezweni.
Umthethosivivinywa uzonikeza umongameli amandla amasha okuqoka izinhlelo zokusebenza ezinabasebenzisi abasebenzayo abangaphezu kwesigidi engcupheni yezokuvikela, ezibeka ngaphansi kwemingcele nokuvinjelwa.
I-ByteDance izoba nezinyanga ezinhlanu ukuhlukanisa i-TikTok. Ngaphezu kwalokho, izitolo zezinhlelo zokusebenza kuzomele ziyeke ukusekela uhlelo lokusebenza nazo zonke ezinye izinsiza ezixhunywe ku-ByteDance.
Ummeleli uFrank Pallone uthe uthemba ukuthi ukuhlukaniswa kweTikTok kuzokwenza abantu baseMelika "baqhubeke nokusebenzisa le nkundla nezinye ezikhona ngaphandle kwengozi yokuthi zisetshenziswa futhi zilawulwa izitha zethu".
Ngabe umthethosivivinywa weTikTok uzodlula?
Ivoti lakamuva eNdlu yabaMeli liwusongo olubaluleke kakhulu ku-TikTok okwamanje, engxabanweni yeminyaka eminingi ngezinsolo zokuthi i-ByteDance yase-China ingaqoqa idatha yabasebenzisi.
I-TikTok ibhekane nemizamo yokuvinjelwa nguDonald Trump ngo-2020, futhi imizamo yaphinde yaqina muva nje lapho kuvinjelwa izinga lombuso eMontana. Izinkantolo zikuvimbele kokubili ukuvinjelwa ngezizathu zokuphulwa kwesichibiyelo sokuqala.
Enguqulweni enkulu ngesonto eledlule, uTrump uphikise ukuvinjwa kweTikTok ethi lo mthethosivivinywa uzonikeza izinzuzo ezingafanele kumnikazi we-Facebook uMeta.
"Ngaphandle kweTikTok, ungenza i-Facebook ibe nkulu, futhi ngithatha i-Facebook njengesitha sabantu," kusho uTrump engxoxweni abe nayo ne-NBC.
Nakuba umthethosivivinywa uphasiswe ngempumelelo kuKhongolose, awuqinisekiswanga ukuthi uzophasisa iSenethi kalula. Amanye amalungu eSenethi azwakalise ukungahambisani nomthethosivivinywa, abaningi becaphuna izikhalo zeFirst Amendment.
UMike Gallagher, usihlalo weRiphabhlikhi wekomidi le-House Select China, ukugcizelele ukuthi lo mthethosivivinywa awusona isivimbelo esiqondile futhi wanxusa i-ByteDance ukuthi ithengise.
"I-TikTok ingaphila futhi abantu bangenza noma yini abayifunayo kuyo inqobo nje uma kukhona lokho kuhlukana," kusho uGallagher, wengeza: "Akukona ukuvinjelwa - cabanga ngalokhu njengokuhlinzwa okuklanyelwe ukususa isimila bese kusindisa isiguli esiqhubekayo."
Ngabe ukuvinjelwa kwe-TikTok yase-US kungasho ukuthini kumabhizinisi?
Uhlelo lokusebenza okwamanje lusetshenziswa cishe abantu baseMelika abayizigidi ezingu-170, nezinkulungwane zalabo basebenzisi zisebenzisa uhlelo lokusebenza njengomthombo wemali engenayo yebhizinisi.
UBruce Schneier, isikhulu sezokuvikela e-Inrupt, utshele isinqumo ukuthi i-inthanethi kuzodingeka isebenze ngendlela ehluke kakhulu ukuze "ivimbele" okuthile ku-inthanethi kodwa i-US isengamisa amabhizinisi enza umsebenzi ngeTikTok.
"Okuhle kakhulu okungenziwa yi-US ukuvimba izinkampani zaseMelika ukuthi zenze ibhizinisi ne-TikTok, okuyiyona nto iNdlu esanda kuvotela yona," kusho uSchneier.
"Lokho kuzosho ukuthi abantu baseMelika ngeke bakwazi ukuthola imali kwaTikTok ngokuqukethwe kwabo," engeza.
USchneier ukholelwa ukuthi kuzoba nezixazululo eziningi zokuthi abasebenzisi base-US namabhizinisi bahlale besebenzisa uhlelo lokusebenza, noma ngabe ukuvinjelwa bekuphoqelelwe.
Ukwenqabela i-TikTok ezitolo ze-Google kanye ne-Apple "kuzomisa ngokushesha izibuyekezo ezintsha zabasebenzisi bamanje futhi kuvimbele abasebenzisi abasha ukuthi babhalise" kodwa ngeke kususe ngokuphelele uhlelo lokusebenza emafonini abantu, kuchaza uSchneier.
“Futhi bekungeke kuvimbele abantu baseMelika ukuthi bafake iTikTok kumafoni abo; basazokwazi ukuyithola kumasayithi angaphandle kwase-US,” wengeza.
I-TikTok isetshenziswa ngamabhizinisi ukuqoqwa kwedatha yamakhasimende. Abanye bacabange ukuthi ukulahleka kwenkundla kungaholela ekulahlekeni kwedatha okukhulu.
"Njengoba imikhiqizo ezinhlangothini zombili ze-Atlantic ilungiselela ukuvinjelwa kwe-TikTok, kubalulekile ukuthi ukungabikho kwesikhulumi akudali igebe ledatha," kusho u-Andrew Stephenson, umqondisi wezokumaketha we-EMEA ne-India kwaTreasure Data. isinqumo.
"Amabhrendi kufanele abone ukungaqiniseki kwakamuva okuzungeze i-TikTok njengomzuzwana wokwakha umbono ongangeni wamanzi wamakhasimende abo esebenzisa inqwaba yemithombo yedatha exhunyiwe," kusho uStephenson.
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