Ngaphezu kwe-90% yabasebenzisi be-smartphone eBrazil basebenzisa i-WhatsApp. I-WhatsApp isiphenduke indlela ejwayelekile yokuxhumana phakathi kwabasebenzisi ezweni, kangangoba uma eyeke ukusebenza okwesikhashana, ngenxa yezinkinga ezisenkonzweni noma ngenxa yokuvinjelwa kwezinkantolo, abasebenzisi abaningi baphoqeleke ukuthi bashintshe amapulatifomu, ikakhulukazi iTelegram, ukuze bahlale bathintana nabangane babo nemindeni .
Ezinyangeni ezimbalwa, iziphathimandla zaseBrazil bezingemuva kwe-WhatsApp ukubabuza banikeze imininingwane ephathelene nezenzo zobugebengu abaziphenyayo, kepha bahlale bethola impendulo efanayo evela enkampanini. Kwezinye izikhathi bavimbe ngokuqondile ukusebenza kohlelo lokusebenza lwemiyalezo ukuphoqa inkampani ebilokhu inikeze impendulo efanayo: asizigcini izingxoxo kumaseva ethu.
Kepha kubonakala sengathi abahluleli bezwe Abaqondi kahle isizathu sokwenqaba kwenkampani ukuze kungabi lula ukwenza imiyalezo eceliwe evela kubasolwa abaphenywayo bese ebuyela ecaleni. Ijaji likhiphe umyalelo wokuthi kushaqwe ama- akhawunti ayizigidi eziyisithupha zamaRandi kuFacebook eBrazil, engumnikazi weWhatsApp, kwazise le nkundla yokuthumela imiyalezo ayinawo ama-akhawunti kuleli.
Ngokusho kwejaji, abakwaFacebook benqabile ukuletha imiyalezo abayicelile ehlobene nenethiwekhi yamazwe omhlaba yokushushumbisa i-cocaine, uphenyo olwenziwe kusukela ngoJanuwari, njengoba kubikwe yiReuters. Isicelo semininingwane sibambezelekile izinyanga ezinhlanu futhi imali efriziwe kungenxa yemali elingana nezinhlawulo inkampani eqoqe kuso sonke lesi sikhathi.
NgoMashi odlule, iziphathimandla zaseBrazil babopha iphini likamengameli weFacebook ngeLatin America u-Diego Dzodan ukuvimbela ubulungiswa ngokunganikeli ngemininingwane ephathelene nalolu phenyo, noma ngelinye ilanga kukhishwe uDar. I-WhatsApp ithi ayikwazi ukunikeza lolu lwazi ngoba alugcini idatha yezingxoxo kepha futhi, ngo-Ephreli lisebenzise uhlelo lokubethela lokuphela kokuphela yakho konke ukuxhumana, hhayi kuphela imiyalezo kodwa futhi nezingcingo ze-VoIP.
