E hoʻokuʻu koke ka US House of Representatives Antitrust Subcommittee i nā ʻike o kāna hoʻokolokolo ʻana ma Facebook a me nā hui ʻenehana ʻē aʻe. Ma muli o kāna mau ʻike, manaʻo ʻia ka subcommittee e koi aku i ka ʻaha kūkā e hoʻonāwaliwali i kona mana. Ua hōʻike ke poʻo o ka subcommitte, ʻo David Cicilline, hiki i ke kino ke ʻōlelo i kāna mahele. ʻO ia ke kumu e hoʻopau ʻo ia iā Instagram a i ʻole WhatsApp, āna i kūʻai ai ma 2012 a me 2014, a i ʻole ʻelua i ka wā e hiki mai ana. Akā, e like me ka Facebook, he mea paʻakikī loa ka hoʻokaʻawale ʻana a ke aupuni i ka ʻoihana.
ʻO ka ʻoihana pūnaewele nui loa e ʻōlelo nei i kēia ma kahi palapala 14-ʻaoʻao i loaʻa e The Wall Street Journal, i hoʻomākaukau ʻia ma muli o ka hana a nā loio mai ka ʻoihana loio ʻo Sidley Austin LLP, a ma kahi e hōʻike ai ka hui i nā hoʻopaʻapaʻa e makemake ai e pale i mua o ka subcommitte.
Ua ninini ʻo Facebook i mau piliona kālā i loko o nā kahua kaiapuni kaulana ʻo Instagram a me WhatsApp mai ka loaʻa ʻana iā lākou. I nā makahiki a me nā mahina i hala iho nei, ua hoʻāʻo lākou e hoʻohui i kekahi mau ʻano o lākou me kā lākou huahana ʻē aʻe.
I kona pale ʻana, makemake ka ʻoihana e hoʻopaʻapaʻa ʻo ka wehe ʻana i nā paepae i ʻōlelo ʻia he "paʻakikī loa" a e uku ʻia nā piliona kālā inā pono e mālama i nā ʻōnaehana kaʻawale. Eia kekahi, manaʻo ʻo ia e hoʻonāwaliwali i ka palekana a loaʻa ka hopena maikaʻi ʻole i ka ʻike mea hoʻohana.
Pono e paʻi ʻia nā manaʻo o ke kōmike ma ka hopena o ʻOkakopa. E hoʻohui kākou i ka lā 28 ʻOkakopa, ua kono ʻo Congress i ke poʻo o Facebook Mark Zuckerberg, Google Sundar Pichai a me Twitter Jack Dorsey i ka hālāwai hoʻolohe manaʻo.
