EBrussels, eBelgium - Emzamweni obalulekile wokuvikela amalungelo edijithali nokuphepha kwabasebenzisi, i-European Commission isiqale izinyathelo ezisemthethweni ngokumelene nomdondoshiya wenkundla yezokuxhumana, iTikTok, ukuze iphenye. ukwephulwa okungenzeka woMthetho Wezinsizakalo Zedijithali (I-DSA). Lesi senzo sigcizelela ukuzibophezela kwe-EU ekuphoqeleleni umthetho wayo ophula umthetho okuhloswe ngawo ukulawula indawo yedijithali, ikakhulukazi ezindaweni eziphathelene nokuvikelwa kwezingane, ukubonakala obala kwezokukhangisa, ukufinyelela kwedatha yabacwaningi, nokuphathwa kokuqukethwe okungase kubhekwe njengokulimazayo noma umlutha.
Ngemuva kophenyo lokuqala, oluhlanganisa ukuhlaziywa okuningiliziwe kombiko wokuhlola ubungozi we-TikTok othunyelwe ngoSepthemba 2023 kanye nezimpendulo zenkampani ezicelweni ezisemthethweni zeKhomishana Zolwazi, iKhomishana ihlonze izinto ezimbalwa ezikhathazayo. Lezi zihlanganisa TikTok'ukuthobela izibopho ze-DSA ezihlobene nezingozi zesistimu, njengamandla wesistimu ye-algorithmic ukugqugquzela ukulutheka ukuziphatha noma ukuholela abasebenzisi phansi 'imiphumela yembobo onogwaja' eyingozi.' Lolu phenyo luzophinde lucubungule izinyathelo ze-TikTok zokuvikela izingane, okuhlanganisa ukusebenza kahle kwamathuluzi ayo okuqinisekisa ubudala nezilungiselelo zobumfihlo ezizenzakalelayo, kanye nokuba sobala kwenkundla ekukhangiseni nasekufinyeleleni kwedatha ngezinjongo zocwaningo.
Uma i-TikTok itholakala yehlulekile kulezi zindawo, izohlanganisa ukwephulwa kwezindatshana eziningi ngaphakathi kwe-DSA, okubonisa ukwephulwa kwezibopho ezibekwe I-Very Large Online Platforms (VLOP). I-TikTok, ememezele ukuthi inabasebenzisi abasebenzayo abayizigidi eziyi-135.9 e-EU kusukela ngo-Ephreli 2023, iwela ngaphansi kwalesi sigaba futhi ngenxa yalokho ingaphansi kwezidingo zokuthobela eziqinile ngaphansi kwe-DSA.
Ukuqulwa kwecala okusemthethweni kuphawula isigaba esibalulekile ekuphoqeleleni kweKhomishana i-DSA, ukuyinika amandla okuthatha ezinye izinyathelo, okuhlanganisa nezinyathelo zesikhashana kanye nezinqumo zokungalandeli. Ikhomishini ingase futhi yamukele noma yiziphi izibopho ezenziwa yi-TikTok zokubhekana nezinkinga eziphenywayo. Kubalulekile ukuqaphela ukuthi ukuvulwa kwalezi zinqubo akusho umphumela onqunywe kusengaphambili, futhi akukhawuli ikhono leKhomishana lokuphenya okunye ukwephulwa komthetho okungase kube khona ngaphansi kwe-DSA noma ezinye izinhlaka zokulawula.
Njengoba uphenyo luqhubeka, i Commission uzoqhubeka nokuqoqa ubufakazi, okungenzeka enze izingxoxo, ukuhlola, nokuthumela izicelo ezengeziwe zolwazi kuTikTok. Ubude balolu phenyo olunzulu buzoncika ezintweni ezahlukahlukene, okuhlanganisa ubunzima becala kanye nezinga lokubambisana kwe-TikTok.
Lesi senzo se-European Commission siwukubonakaliswa okucacile kwesinqumo se-EU sokuqinisekisa ukuthi izinkundla zedijithali zisebenza ngendlela evikela amalungelo nokuphepha kwabasebenzisi, ikakhulukazi labo abancane. Iphinde igqamise ubunjalo obuphelele be-DSA, obusebenza kubo bonke abaxhumanisi be-inthanethi abasebenza ngaphakathi kwe-EU, ibeka ibhentshimakhi yomhlaba wonke yokulawulwa kwedijithali. Njengoba kuqhubeka kuqhubeka, umphakathi wedijithali nabasebenzisi be-TikTok bazobe bebheke ngabomvu umphumela nemithelela yawo ngekusasa lokulawulwa kwezinsizakalo zedijithali eYurophu nangale kwayo.
