EBrussels, eBelgium -Kwintshukumo ebalulekileyo yokukhusela amalungelo edijithali kunye nokhuseleko lwabasebenzisi, iKhomishini yaseYurophu iqalise iinkqubo ezisesikweni ngokuchasene nesigebenga semidiya yoluntu, iTikTok, ukuphanda. ulwaphulo olunokubakho woMthetho weeNkonzo zeDijithali (DSA). Esi senzo sigxininisa ukuzibophelela kwe-EU ekunyanzeliseni umthetho wayo osisiseko ojolise ekulawuleni indawo yedijithali, ngokukodwa kwimimandla ephathelele ukukhuselwa kwabantwana, ukungabonakali kwentengiso, ukufikelela kwidatha kubaphandi, kunye nokulawulwa komxholo onokuthi ubonakale unobungozi okanye umlutha.
Emva kophando lokuqala, olubandakanya uhlalutyo oluneenkcukacha lwengxelo yovavanyo lwe-TikTok yomngcipheko engeniswe ngoSeptemba ka-2023 kunye neempendulo zenkampani kwizicelo ezisesikweni zeKomishoni zoLwazi, iKhomishini ichonge iinkalo ezininzi ezixhalabisayo. Ezi ziquka TikTok's ukuthobela izibophelelo ze-DSA ezinxulumene nemingcipheko yenkqubo, efana nokubanakho kweenkqubo ze-algorithmic ukukhuthaza ukuziphatha kakubi okanye ukukhokelela abasebenzisi phantsi 'iziphumo zomvundla onobungozi.' Uphando luza kuphonononga amanyathelo e-TikTok okukhusela abantwana, kubandakanya nokusebenza kwezixhobo zabo zokuqinisekisa iminyaka yobudala kunye noseto oluyimfihlo olungagqibekanga, kunye nokungafihli kweqonga kwintengiso kunye nokufikeleleka kwedatha ngeenjongo zophando.
Ukuba i-TikTok ifunyaniswa isilele kwezi ndawo, iya kuba kukwaphulwa kwamanqaku amaninzi ngaphakathi kwe-DSA, ebonisa ukophulwa kwezibophelelo ezibekwe kwiiPlatifomu ezinkulu ze-Intanethi (VLOP). I-TikTok, ebhengeze ukuba inabasebenzisi abazizigidi ezili-135.9 abasebenzayo ngenyanga kwi-EU ukusukela ngo-Epreli ka-2023, iwela phantsi kolu didi kwaye ke ixhomekeke kwiimfuno zokuthobela ezingqongqo phantsi kwe-DSA.
Iinkqubo ezisesikweni ziphawula isigaba esibalulekileyo kunyanzeliso lweKomishoni ye-DSA, ukuyixhobisa ukuba ithathe amanye amanyathelo, kubandakanywa amanyathelo ethutyana kunye nezigqibo zokungathotyelwa. IKomishoni inokwamkela naziphi na izibophelelo ezenziwe yiTikTok ukulungisa imiba ephantsi kophando. Kubalulekile ukuqaphela ukuba ukuvulwa kwezi ngxoxo akuthethi ukuba sisiphumo esimisiweyo kwangethuba, kwaye akusithinteli amandla eKomishoni okuphanda okunye ukophulwa komthetho okunokuthi kwenzeke phantsi kwe-DSA okanye ezinye izikhokelo zolawulo.
Njengoko uphando luqhubela phambili, i Commission iya kuqhubeka nokuqokelela ubungqina, inokwenza udliwano-ndlebe, uhlolo, kunye nokuthumela izicelo ezongezelelweyo zolwazi kwiTikTok. Ubude bexesha lolu phando lunzulu luya kuxhomekeka kwizinto ezahlukeneyo, kubandakanya ubunzima betyala kunye nobungakanani bentsebenziswano yeTikTok.
Esi senzo seKomishoni yaseYurophu sibonisa ngokucacileyo isigqibo se-EU sokuqinisekisa ukuba amaqonga edijithali asebenza ngendlela ekhusela amalungelo abasebenzisi kunye nokhuseleko, ngakumbi abo bancinci. Ikwaqaqambisa ubume obubanzi be-DSA, esebenza kubo bonke abameli be-intanethi abasebenza ngaphakathi kwe-EU, imisela umlinganiselo wehlabathi wolawulo lwedijithali. Njengoko kuqhubeka inkqubo, uluntu lwedijithali kunye nabasebenzisi be-TikTok baya kujonga ngomdla iziphumo kunye neziphumo zayo kwikamva lolawulo lweenkonzo zedijithali eYurophu nangaphaya.
