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Amaphuzu Abalulekile
- I-White House ibilokhu ivinjelwe i-TikTok endaweni yayo iminyaka eminingana manje.
- Ithe ingaluvala lolu hlelo lokusebenza uma abanikazi baseChina bengahambisani nokuthengisa isiteki ohlelweni lokusebenza.
- I-TikTok ithe ukudilizwa ngeke kusize ukuvikela ezinkingeni zokuphepha kuzwelonke.
Abaphathi beBiden bafune ukuthi abanikazi beTikTok baseChina bahlukanise ingxenye yabo ohlelweni lokusebenza lwevidiyo oludumile noma babhekane nokuvinjelwa okungenzeka kwase-US, kubika i-Wall Street Journal.
Lesi sinyathelo sizoba esimangalisa kakhulu ochungechungeni lwezinyathelo zakamuva zezikhulu zaseMelika kanye nezishayamthetho eziphakamise ukwesaba ukuthi imininingwane yabasebenzisi beTikTok base-US ingase idluliselwe kuhulumeni waseChina.
I-TikTok inabasebenzisi baseMelika abangaphezu kwezigidi eziyi-100.
I-White House yenqabile ukuphawula ngoLwesithathu.
Umkhulumeli weTikTok uBrooke Oberwetter uthe esitatimendeni kwaReuters, “Uma ukuvikela ezokuphepha kuzwelonke kuyinhloso, ukuhlukaniswa kwezimali akuyixazululi inkinga: ukuguqulwa kobunikazi ngeke kubeke imingcele emisha ekuhambeni kwedatha noma ukufinyelela.”
Isikhulu esiphezulu seTikTok uShou Zi Chew uzovela ngaphambi kweCongress yaseMelika ngesonto elizayo.
Noma yikuphi ukuvinjelwa kwe-US kuzobhekana nezithiyo ezinkulu ezingokomthetho. Abaphathi bakaTrump bafuna ukuvala iTikTok ngo-2020 kodwa baphazanyiswa uchungechunge lwezinqumo zenkantolo.
I-TikTok kanye neKomidi eliholwa nguMgcinimafa wase-US Lokutshalwa Kwezimali Kwangaphandle e-United States (CFIUS) sebexoxisane iminyaka engaphezu kwemibili ngezidingo zokuphepha kwedatha. I-TikTok ithe isisebenzise ngaphezu kwe-US1.5 billion ($ A2.3 billion) emizamweni eqinile yokuphepha kwedatha futhi yenqaba izinsolo zobunhloli.
I-Wall Street Journal ithe i-CFIU yenza isidingo sokuthengisa muva nje. Okhulumela uMnyango wezeziMali unqabile ukuphawula.
I-TikTok ngoLwesithathu ithe, “Indlela engcono kakhulu yokubhekana nokukhathazeka ngokuphepha kwezwe ukuvikela obala, okusekelwe e-US kwedatha nezinhlelo zabasebenzisi base-US, ngokuqapha okuqinile okuvela eceleni, ukuhlola nokuqinisekisa.”
