IRashiya ihlawulisa iGoogle 36 zero, hayi ngaphantsi!

Nge-31 kaOkthobha, 2024 / Radouan Kourak

Kwisigqibo somlinganiselo we-surreal, inkqubo yobulungisa yaseRashiya ihlawulise uGoogle izigidi zezigidi ezingama-20 zeedola, isixa-mali esinooziro abangama-36, elidlula kakhulu lonke uqoqosho lwehlabathi ludityanisiwe. Esi sibetho siza emva kokuba iYouTube isuse amajelo amaninzi aseRussia axhasa urhulumente, kubandakanya iZvezda kunye neChannel One, etyholwa ngokusasaza ipropaganda evumayo kwiKremlin.

Esi sohlwayo sikhulu siphawula isenzo sokomfuziselo esingaphezu kwesohlwayo semali esimele sihlawulwe. Akunakwenzeka ukuba uGoogle, ngokuxhomekeke kwizohlwayo zamazwe ngamazwe ezithintela imisebenzi yakhe eRashiya, ahlawule isenti yale mali. Ngo-2024, uGoogle wayalelwa ukuba abuyisele ezi akhawunti, phantsi kwesohlwayo sesohlwayo esiphindwe kabini ngeveki. Inkampani ikhethe ukuthatha umthetho oyilwayo kunokuba inikezele kwimithetho yaseRashiya.

Esi sigwebo siyinxalenye yemfazwe yedijithali apho ukuvalwa ngakunye kunye nesohlwayo ngasinye sibe zizenzo ezininzi zezopolitiko kunye nokuma phakathi kweMoscow kunye neenkampani ezinkulu zeteknoloji zaseNtshona. Kurhulumente waseRashiya, esi sigqibo yindlela yokumakisha ummandla wayo kwi-cyberpace, ebonisa ukungoneliseki kwayo kunye nezigebenga zaseSilicon Valley kunye nokulawula kwazo ukusasazwa kolwazi.

Ngamafutshane, iRussia ibetha inqindi etafileni ukubonisa ukuba ayizi kuvumela iinkampani zaseMelika ukuba zivavanye iivoti zayo ngokungohlwaywa, ngaphandle kokulindela ukubona umbala wale mali.