Ingcindezi yezomthetho ebhekiswe ezinkundleni zokuxhumana ezinkulu isifinyelele ingqophamlando entsha. Imindeni emine yaseMelika ifake icala lokufa ngokungemthetho Icala, elifakwe yi-Social Media Victims Law Center, lafakwa ngokumelene ne-Meta (umnikazi we-Facebook ne-Instagram), i-TikTok, i-Snapchat, ne-YouTube (ephethwe yi-Google), libasola ngokuba negalelo ekuzibulaleni kwezingane zabo ezisencane ngokuklama ngamabomu izinhlelo zabo zokusebenza eziluthayo. Isenzo sezomthetho safakwa ngoJulayi 31, 2026, eNkantolo Ephakeme yaseDelaware, umbuso okhethwe ngoba uyindlunkulu esemthethweni yazo zonke izinkampani ezihilelekile.
Intsha, ehlonzwe njengoLivi Castro (oneminyaka engu-13 ubudala), uRiv Kelleher (14), uNathaniel Chambers (17) noDawson Holden (18), bashone phakathi kukaJulayi 2024 noSepthemba 2025. Ngokusho kwesikhalazo, bonke babhekane nokuwohloka okuqhubekayo kwempilo yabo yengqondo: ukulutheka ezinkundleni zokuxhumana, ukungalali kahle, ukukhathazeka, ukucindezeleka kanye nemicabango yokuzibulala Ngemva kweminyaka eminingi yokusetshenziswa kakhulu kwalezi zinhlelo, imindeni, evela eTexas, eNorth Carolina, eMinnesota naseTennessee, ithi izinkampani zazizazi izingozi futhi azizange zithathe izinyathelo ezanele zokuzivimbela.
Isidingo esingakaze sibonwe
Okwenza leli cala libe eliyingqayizivele ukuthi Kuyicala lokuqala lokufa ngokungemthetho ukuhlanganisa zonke izinkampani ezinkulu zobuchwepheshe ngenqubo eyodwaKuze kube manje, izinyathelo zomthetho bezigxile enkampanini eyodwa noma ezimbili kuphela, noma zigxile ekulimaleni okungabulali. Ummeli uMatthew Bergman, umsunguli we-Social Media Victims Law Center, ugcizelele ukuthi ukufa kwenzeke ngemuva kokuba amanye amacala afanayo esefakiwe kakade, okuthi, ngokombono wakhe, abonise ukuthi amapulatifomu "ayaqhubeka nokuthatha izimpilo zezingane naphezu kwezithembiso ezingenalutho zabaphathi bawo."
Isimangalo sisekelwe kumadokhumenti angaphakathi akhishwe ohlwini lwezinkantolo zangaphambilini. Isibonelo, I-Meta yayazi ukuthi i-Instagram idale ukuqhathaniswa komphakathi okwaholela ekuphazamisekeni kwesithombe somzimba kanye nokucindezeleka kwabantwana abancane, ngokusho kwama-imeyili nezethulo zangaphakathi. I-TikTok, yona, yayinedatha ebonisa ukuthi i-algorithm yayo ihlonze abasebenzisi abasesimweni sokucindezeleka ngokomzwelo futhi ibanikeze okuqukethwe okwengeziwe kwalolo hlobo ukuze bandise isikhathi sesikrini. I-Snapchat ne-YouTube kuthiwa nazo zibonise izingane ezincane ngezikhathi zokuzethemba okuphansi noma okuqukethwe okunconywayo kokuzilimaza.
Umongo wezomthetho we-Meta kanye nezinye izinkundla
Leli cala elisha aliyona into eyenzeka yodwa. I-Meta okwamanje ihileleke egagasini lamacala. NgoMashi 2026, ijaji laseLos Angeles lathola i-Meta ne-Google bengenandaba nokuklama i-Instagram ne-YouTube, banikeza owesifazane oneminyaka engu-20 ubudala owayehlushwa ukukhathazeka, ukucindezeleka, kanye nokukhubazeka komzimba. Zombili izinkampani zimemezele ukuthi zizodlulisela phambili isinqumo. Ngaphezu kwalokho, I-Meta iyazanywa kuleli sonto eTennessee ngenxa yecala elivela kummeli jikelele wombuso, kanti ngo-Agasti uzobhekana necala likahulumeni e-Oakland lapho izifundazwe ezine zifuna khona umonakalo ofinyelela ku-$1,4 trillion.
Ngakolunye uhlangothi, iTikTok ikhethe izivumelwano ezingaphandle kwenkantolo. Le nkampani isifinyelele esivumelwaneni ngokomthetho emacaleni amathathu okulimala komuntu siqu ahlobene nokulutha kwabantu abangaphansi kweminyaka yobudala, yize amanani ehlala eyimfihlo. Ecaleni laseLos Angeles, iTikTok neSnapchat bahoxile ngaphambi kwesinqumo ngezivumelwano. I-YouTube, i-Snap, kanye ne-Meta zisenamacala amathathu okulimala komuntu siqu alindile ngo-Okthoba., kubhekwe “njengamacala ayizifanekiselo” azosebenza ekuhloleni amandla ezimpikiswano zohlangothi ngalunye.
Izimpendulo zezinkampani kanye nomthelela wezezimali
Izinkampani ezimangalelwayo ziphendule ngezindlela ezahlukene. I-Google idlulise amazwi enduduzo emindenini futhi yathi ibuyekeza izinsolo, ivikela izinqubomgomo zayo zokuvikela izingane. I-Meta, i-TikTok, ne-Snap aziphendulanga ngokushesha izicelo zokuphawula, yize i-Meta iphinde yagcizelela kwezinye izinkundla ukuthi amacala "awanasisekelo" nokuthi yethule izici ezifana nalezi. ibangela intsha enezilawuli zabazali eziqinile. Nokho, Izindleko zomthetho zeMeta zifinyelele ku-$2.400 billion kwikota yesibili ka-2026., okube negalelo ekwehleni kwenzuzo yayo ngo-14%, okuyisibalo esingavamile enkampanini.
Umthelela wezezimali ongaba khona mkhulu kakhulu. Endabeni yaseNew Mexico, ukunqotshwa okukodwa kungasho umonakalo ongu-$3.700 billion. Abahlaziyi baxwayisa ngokuthi, yize iMeta ithola imali engaphezu kuka-$200.000 billion ngonyaka, ukuqongelela kwezinqumo ezimbi kungaphoqa izinguquko ekwakhiweni kwemikhiqizo yayo. Le nkampani ibonise ukuzimisela ukuxoxisana ngezinkinga ezithile, njengaseNew Mexico, lapho iphakamise khona ukushintsha izici ezifana nobumfihlo obuzenzakalelayo bezingane ezincane noma ukuvimba izaziso ngesikhathi sesikole, yize ichaza ezinye zezicelo zezifundazwe "njengezingenakwenzeka ngokobuchwepheshe".
Okwamanje, i-US Congress ayikaphasi imithethonqubo ephelele. ISenate yaphasise uMthetho Wokuphepha Kwezingane Ku-inthanethi eminyakeni emibili edlule, kodwa iNdlu Yabamele ayizange ivote kuwo. EYurophu, uMthetho Wezinsizakalo Zedijithali (i-DSA) usuvele udinga amapulatifomu amakhulu ukuze anikeze ezinye izindlela ezingezona eze-algorithmic, isibonelo abamangali abanethemba lokuthi sizothinta izinkantolo zase-US. Ingcindezi yezenhlalo neyomthetho ayipheliFuthi icala lemindeni emine lingasho ushintsho olukhulu emthwalweni wezokuxhumana nabantu wempilo yengqondo yabantwana abancane.
