Ukubanakho kokuba uElon Musk afumane iTikTok kuye kwavutha umsindo kwimeko yezopolitiko nakwitekhnoloji yamazwe ngamazwe. I-China, ejongene noxinzelelo oluvela e-United States, yayiza kuphonononga ukuthengiswa kwe-platform ye-US imisebenzi ku-Musk njengendlela yokuphepha ukuvinjelwa okuzayo okubekwe phantsi kwengxabano yokhuseleko lwelizwe. Le ntshukumo, ebandakanya umdla weqhinga kunye nezoqoqosho, ayizange iqinisekiswe nangayiphi na indlela kodwa ikhutshwe yimithombo emininzi esondeleyo kwinkqubo eyenza ukuba sicinge ukuba, ngokwenene, uthethathethwano luyaqwalaselwa. Yile nto siyaziyo okwangoku.
U-Elon Musk, ileta yobuchule kumaqela omabini
Umhla wokugqibela obalulekileyo ulindele i-ByteDance, inkampani yabazali bakaTikTok. Ngokomthetho wase-US owamkelweyo ngo-Epreli ophelileyo, inkampani iye kude kube nguJanuwari 19 ukuba ihlukane nenethiwekhi yoluntu e-US okanye ijongane nokuvalwa kwayo. Lo mmiselo uxhaswe sisivumelwano esibanzi se-bipartisan kwiCongress, esithethelela isigqibo saso ngenxa yomngcipheko obangelwa kukuqhagamshelwa kweTikTok kurhulumente waseTshayina.
Phakathi kwale meko, umzobo weMusk ngoku uvela, ngubani onokuvela njengendawo yokudibanisa. Enye into, umdla wakhe wenkampani eTesla umenza abe ngumdlali oqhelekileyo eTshayina. Kwelinye icala, amaqhina akhe asondeleyo kuDonald Trump kunye namandla akhe emali ambeka njengomthengi ofanelekileyo ngokwembono yaseMelika. Phantsi kwale meko, Umphathi uya kuthathela ingqalelo ukufunyanwa kokulawula Ukusebenza kweTikTok ngenkampani yakho X (eyayisakuba yi-Twitter), nayo ixhamla kwiinkcukacha kunye nabasebenzisi benethiwekhi yoluntu, ene-170 yezigidi zeeprofayili ezisebenzayo eMntla Melika kuphela.
Isicwangciso saseTshayina sokuthengisa iTikTok, nangona kungekho ziqinisekiso ezisemthethweni, wazalwa njengemeko yokubanjwa ebusweni bento enokuba sisibetho esibi I-ByteDance. Ngokuqinisekileyo, i-algorithms kunye nezixhobo zobuchwepheshe beli qonga azikwazanga ukuhanjiswa ngokulula, kuba zikhuselwe phantsi kolawulo lwelizwe laseAsia.
Ingxoxo phakathi kwenkululeko yokuthetha kunye nokhuseleko lwesizwe
Kodwa akusiyo yonke into emnyama okanye emhlophe. Ngelixa i-ByteDance ixoxa loo nto Ukuvalwa kweTikTok kunyhasha amalungelo oLungiso lokuQala e-US, Urhulumente waseMntla Melika ugxininisa ukuba i-Chinese i-platform imele ingozi enokubakho kwidatha yabemi bayo. U-Elon Musk, ngenxa yakhe, uye wabonisa esidlangalaleni ukuchasana nokuvinjelwa, echaza (kakhulu kumgca) njengokuhlaselwa kwenkululeko yokuthetha.
Emva kweentsuku nje uDonald Trump uthatha ixesha lakhe lesibini likamongameli, ingxabano iyanda. UTrump uthembise ngexesha lephulo lakhe ukuba "uyakusindisa iTikTok" kwaye, nangona wazama ukuyivala kwikota yakhe yokuqala, isikhundla sakhe sitshintshe kakhulu. Ulawulo lwakhe ngoku lunokuququzelela ukuthathwa kolawulo olulungiselelwe uMusk, ukumxhasa njengomntu ophambili kwikhabhinethi yakhe, njengoko bobabini befuna ukulungelelanisa olu budlelwane kunye neChina, echazwe namhlanje ngeerhafu kunye nolawulo lwezobuchwepheshe.
Ngaba utshintsho kwi-teknoloji yaseMelika?
Ukuba ukusebenza kunye noMusk kuza kwisiqhamo, I-media media landscape e-United States iya kuba nenguqu ephawulekayo. Okwangoku, iiplatifomu ezifanelekileyo kakhulu ezifana ne-Facebook, Instagram kunye ne-WhatsApp ziphantsi kolawulo lukaMark Zuckerberg, ngelixa i-YouTube ye-Google (Alphabet). UMusk, ngobunini be-X kunye neTikTok, uya kuzibonakalisa njengomntu obalaseleyo kwintengiso.
Nangona kunjalo, iimpembelelo azikho nje kwezorhwebo. I Isigqibo sokwahlulahlula ukusebenza kweTikTok phakathi kwabanini baseTshayina nabaseMelika siphakamisa imiceli mngeni emikhulu yobugcisa kunye nezomthetho, into abameli be-ByteDance sele beyigxininise phambi kweNkundla ePhakamileyo.
Ngaphantsi kweveki kude kube ngumhla wokugqibela, amathandabuzo ayaqhubeka kwaye ingxoxo ihlala ivulekile. ziyeza iintsuku intenso. Hla umamele.