Ukufinyelela idatha yomuntu siqu yabanikazi bama-akhawunti e-Facebook bekunezinkampani ezingama-52 ezikhiqiza imikhiqizo yesoftware nobuchwepheshe bekhompyutha. Lokhu kushiwo embikweni wokuxhumana nomphakathi olungiselelwe i-US Congress.
Njengoba kuphawuliwe kulo mbhalo, ngaphezu kwezinkampani zaseMelika ezifana neMicrosoft, i-Apple ne-Amazon, imininingwane etholakala kubasebenzisi be-Facebook yatholwa yizinkampani ezingaphandle kwaseMelika, kubandakanya iChinese Alibaba neHuawei, kanye neSouth Korea Samsung. Ngesikhathi lo mbiko usudluliselwa kuCongress, le nkundla yezokuxhumana yayivele ime ukusebenzisana nabalingani bayo abangama-38, kwathi abangama-14 abasele, babehlose ukuqeda umsebenzi ngaphambi kokuphela konyaka.
Abaphathi benethiwekhi yokuxhumana enkulu kunazo zonke emhlabeni bekufanele babikele iziphathimandla zaseMelika ngenxa yenhlazo ethinta ukungena kweCambridge Analytica okungekho emthethweni kwedatha yabasebenzisi abayizigidi ezingama-87.
