Ngaphezulu kwe-90% yabasebenzisi be-smartphone eBrazil basebenzisa i-WhatsApp. I-WhatsApp ibe yindlela eqhelekileyo yokunxibelelana phakathi kwabasebenzisi elizweni, kakhulu kangangokuba xa iyekile ukusebenza okwethutyana, ngenxa yeengxaki zenkonzo okanye ukuvimba kwenkundla, uninzi lwabasebenzisi kuye kwanyanzeleka ukuba batshintshe amaqonga, ikakhulu iTelegram, ukuze bahlale benxibelelana nabahlobo kunye nosapho.
Kwiinyanga ezimbalwa, abasemagunyeni baseBrazil bebesemva kuWhatsApp ukubabuza banikezele ngolwazi olunxulumene nezenzo zolwaphulo-mthetho abaziphandayo, kodwa basoloko befumana impendulo efanayo kwinkampani. Ngamanye amaxesha bavimbe ngokuthe ngqo ukusebenza kwesicelo semiyalezo ukunyanzela inkampani ebisoloko inika impendulo efanayo: asizigcini iincoko kwiiseva zethu.
Kodwa kubonakala ngathi iijaji zelizwe Abasiqondi ncam isizathu sokwala kwenkampani ukwenzela ukuba ingaqhubeki imiyalezo eceliweyo evela kubarhanelwa abaphandiweyo kwaye ubuyile etyholweni. Ijaji ikhuphe umyalelo wokuba kuthathwe iidola ezizizigidi ezi-6 zeakhawunti ye-Facebook eBrazil, engumnini kaWhatsApp, kuba iqonga lemiyalezo lingenaakhawunti kweli.
Ngokutsho kwejaji, uFacebook uyalile ukuhambisa imiyalezo eceliweyo inxulumene nothungelwano lwamazwe aphesheya lokurhweba ngabantu ngokuthengisa icocaine, uphando olwenziweyo ukusukela ngoJanuwari, njengoko kuxeliwe yiReuters. Isicelo sedatha silibazisekile iinyanga ezintlanu kwaye imali efriziwe kungenxa yemali elingana nezohlwayo ezifunyanwa yinkampani ngalo lonke eli xesha.
Ngo-Matshi ophelileyo, abasemagunyeni baseBrazil babamba usekela-mongameli we-Facebook kwiLatin America u-Diego Dzodan yokuthintela ubulungisa ngokungaboneleli ngedatha enxulumene nolu phando, nangona ngenye imini uDar wakhutshwa. I-WhatsApp ithi ayinakho ukubonelela ngolu lwazi kuba ayigcini idatha yencoko kodwa, ngo-Epreli iphumeze inkqubo yokubethela isiphelo kunxibelelwano lonke, hayi imiyalezo ebhaliweyo kuphela kodwa kunye neefowuni zeVoIP.
