I-Facebook iba "ngumfowethu omkhulu" uGeorge Orwel wango-1984, incwadi ethokozisayo enomhlaba we-dystopian leyo engekude kakhulu neqiniso lethu. Futhi ikakhulukazi lapho sithola ukuthi izithombe ezilandiwe ze-Facebook zifaka ikhodi yokulandelela.
Ngumcwaningi wase-Australia okhombisile ukuthi i-Facebook ifaka phakathi amakhodi wokulandelela ezithombeni ezilayishwa kunethiwekhi yakho yokuxhumana nabantu. Okusho ukuthi, ulanda isithombe esivele silayishiwe futhi siza nokumangala. Vele, kufihlwe kahle ukuze kungabikho owaziyo.
U-Edin Jusupovic ovela ku-akhawunti yakhe ye-Twitter uphawule ukuthi wakuthola umyalo okhethekile we-IPTC lapho uphenya indawo yokulahla i-hex yesithombe esilandiwe kunethiwekhi yokuxhumana nabantu. Ngamanye amagama, okutholayo ngale khodi yokulandela umkhondo ukwazi ukulandelela izithombe ngaphandle kwepulatifomu yakho.
Kufana nokuthi bakufaka i-GPS lapho ushiya isitolo osuke wasivakashela ukuthenga noma yini bese ufunda ngokuziphatha kwakho. Okubi kunakho konke, kubonakala sengathi izinga lokunemba okufeziwe liyamangalisa ukuthi licishe licwile kulokho i-Facebook engakwenza ukuze ithole imininingwane eminingi yezibalo.
Leyo miyalo ye-IPTC yilezi ama-watermark emethadatha okubandakanya inethiwekhi yokuxhumana nabantu ukumaka izithombe futhi ngaleyo ndlela ikwazi ukulandela. Kusukela ngo-2014, yaqala ukususa imethadatha yezithombe esizilayishayo ukufaka lesi sikhombi sokulandelela.
Ukusetshenziswa kwalokhu kulandelwa, ngokusho kwephephabhuku iForbes, kuzoba ngele vumela umuntu wesithathu noma i-Facebook uqobo ukuthi ixhumanise izithombe ngemvelaphi yabo, ngakho-ke bangathola imethadatha eningi ngokwabiwa futhi. Sizobona ukuthi konke lokhu kukuphi, kepha into kaFacebook isivele ingaba ukubondla ngaphandle ngoba bakholelwa kubanikazi benethiwekhi yamanethiwekhi.