I-TikTok iqhubekile nokuphika izimangalo enayo, noma izoke yabelane ngedatha yabasebenzisi base-US neChina.
Uhulumeni wase-US uzosheshisa ivoti ngesonto elizayo mayelana nomthetho ophoqa i-ByteDance yaseChina ukuthi ihlukane ne-TikTok noma ibhekane nokuvinjelwa ngokuphelele kohlelo lokusebenza lwevidiyo emfushane e-US.
NgoLwesine (7 Mashi), iKomidi Lamandla Nezohwebo livotele ama-50–0 ukuze ligunyaze lo mthetho, okumaka ukuphusha okubaluleke kakhulu kokwehliswa okuphelele kohlelo lokusebenza oluphethwe yi-China kusukela ngo-2020.
I-TikTok, eqhubekile nokuphika izinsolo zokuthi izokwabelana nanoma iyiphi idatha neChina, ithe umthetho unomphumela onqunyelwe ngaphambili wokuvala i-TikTok e-US.
"Uhulumeni uzama ukuphuca abantu baseMelika abayizigidi eziyi-170 ilungelo labo elikuMthethosisekelo lokukhuluma ngokukhululeka," kusho okhulumela iTikTok esitatimendeni.
“Lokhu kuzolimaza izigidi zamabhizinisi, kwenqabele abaculi izethameli, futhi kucekele phansi izimpilo zabadali abaningi ezweni lonke,” kwengeza.
Ummeleli uFrank Pallone, iDemocrat ekomitini, uthe unethemba lokuthi ukuhlukaniswa kweTikTok kuzokwenza abantu baseMelika "baqhubeke nokusebenzisa le nkundla nezinye ezikhona ngaphandle kwengozi yokuthi zisetshenziswa futhi zilawulwa izitha zethu".
Ukube lo mthethosivivinywa ubungadlula, i-ByteDance izoba nezinyanga ezinhlanu ukuhlukanisa iTikTok. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, izitolo zezinhlelo zokusebenza kuzomele ziyeke ukusekela uhlelo lokusebenza nazo zonke ezinye izinsiza ezixhunywe ku-ByteDance.
I-American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), enye yezinhlangano ezinkulu ezilwela amalungelo abantu e-US, isole lo mthethosivivinywa ngokuphambana nomthethosisekelo.
"Sidumele kakhulu ngokuthi abaholi bethu sebephinde bazama ukuhwebelana ngamalungelo ethu eSichibiyelo Sokuqala ukuze bathole amaphuzu ashibhile ezepolitiki ngonyaka wokhetho," kusho uJenna Leventoff, umeluleki omkhulu wenqubomgomo kwa-ACLU.
Umthethosivivinywa uzonikeza umongameli amandla amasha okuqoka izinhlelo zokusebenza ezinabasebenzisi abasebenzayo abangaphezu kwesigidi engcupheni yezokuvikela, ezibeka ngaphansi kwemingcele nokuvinjelwa.
NgoNovemba, ijaji laseMelika lavimba ukuvinjelwa okokuqala kwe-Montana kwe-TikTok. Ijaji lithe lokhu kwephule amalungelo abasebenzisi base-US okukhuluma ngokukhululeka.
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