La I-European Commission isole i-Facebook ngokunikeza "imininingwane engalungile noma eyekiwe" ngesikhathi ithola i-WhatsApp nge $ 19.000 billion ngo-2014. Imininingwane ecelwe yi-European Commission isetshenziselwa ukuhlola ukuhlangana okukhulu nokutholwa ukuthola ukuthi ibhizinisi elizoba khona lingaba yini elokuncintisana. Njenge iqinisekisa IVerge, uma iFacebook ingakwazi ukuchaza ukuthi kungani ishiye lolu lwazi ngaphambi kukaJanuwari 31, 2017, kuzofanele ikhokhe inhlawulo engu- $ 179 million.
I-European Commission ikhathazekile ngohlobo lwe isivumelwano phakathi kukaFacebook noWhatsApp ukuze babelane ngemininingwane. Ngo-2014, abakwaFacebook bathi bekungeke kwenzeke ukuxhumanisa ngokuzenzakalela idatha phakathi kwama-akhawunti alezi zinsizakalo ezimbili, kepha ngo-Agasti inethiwekhi yezenhlalo edumile kaMark Zuckerberg yethule inqubomgomo entsha yemfihlo eyenza lokho kanye abathi ngeke kwenzeke: idatha Abasebenzisi be-WhatsApp, kufaka phakathi izinombolo zocingo, kwabelwana ngazo ne-Facebook ukudala ukuxhumana okungcono komphakathi kanye nokuletha izikhangiso ezifanele kakhulu kuzinsizakalo zombili.
I-Facebook ibhekene nenhlawulo engu- $ 179m ngokushiya imininingwane
I-EU ayikholwa ukuthi ukwaba le datha kuwumkhuba olwa nokuncintisana, kepha lokho akusona isizathu ukuqamba amanga noma ukushiya imininingwane, kusukela «izinkampani ziphoqelekile ukuthi zinikeze imininingwane eyiyo kwiKhomishini ngesikhathi kubhekwa ukuhlangana […] Kulokhu, umbono wokuqala weKhomishini ngukuthi i-Facebook isinikeze imininingwane engalungile noma yokweqa ngesikhathi kuphenywa ukutholwa kwayo kwe-WhatsApp".
I-Facebook izivikele ekuphenduleni komphakathi ukuqinisekisa ukuthi «Sinikeze imininingwane enembile ngamakhono wethu wezobuchwepheshe kanye nezinhlelo, kufaka phakathi izethulo ngokuthenga i-WhatsApp kanye nemibuzo yokuzithandela ngaphambi kokubuyekezwa kwenqubomgomo yobumfihlo ye-WhatsApp yalo nyaka. Kuyasijabulisa ukuthi ikhomishini iyavumelana nesinqumo sayo sokugunyaza futhi sizoqhubeka nokubambisana futhi sabelane ngezikhulu zolwazi ezidinga ukuxazulula izikhalazo zazo.".
Uma ungibuze ukuthi konke lokhu kubukeka kanjani kimi, ngingasho lokho kuphela Ngiyethemba i-EU ayithambile kuFacebook Futhi ekugcineni, vikela ubumfihlo bethu. Kukhona abasebenzisi abanjengami abangenayo i-akhawunti ye-Facebook futhi abangafuni ukwazi lutho ngenethiwekhi eyakhiwe nguZuckerberg eminyakeni engaba yishumi nambili edlule, ngakho-ke asijabule neze ukuthi imininingwane yethu isetshenziselwa «ukuthuthukisa», ngezingcaphuno, isevisi esingayisebenzisi. Kunoma ikuphi, lokho kungokunye okuphambili abavule khona hhayi eYurophu kuphela nalapho ngingathandi inethiwekhi yokuxhumana yomphakathi inhlanhla enkulu.
