Ian Brown 👨🏻‍💻
@1br0wn@eupolicy.social  ·  activity timestamp 6 days ago

‘many social media companies, including #Meta, #YouTube and #TikTok, are relying on alternative techniques that use machine-learning…to “infer” a user’s age based on how they use the site and who they communicate with. These #AI-based systems have not yet been endorsed by #Ofcom’ https://on.ft.com/45kaORs
Arik
@pq1r@tech.lgbt  ·  activity timestamp 7 days ago

I love it how the #BBC literally instructs you on why and how you should use a VPN to bypass #Ofcom regulations. Nicely played, BBC!

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1k81lj8nvpo

An explainer about VPNs in 3 parts, using iconography. It's titled "How do VPNs work?" and subtitled "Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) connect you to websites via a remote server, hiding your actual IP address and location". The image is part of the linked BBC article. The first part is titled "Without VPN", showing your device connecting to your ISP and then onwards to websites, with an explanation "Location shown is same as local ISP". Additional text says "Device connects to websites via Internet Service Provider (ISP)" The second part is titled "With VPN", showing your device connecting to your ISP and then to the VPN and only then to websites, with an explanation "Location shown is same as VPN". Additional text says "VPN funnels activity through another computer which can mask identity but also add security by encrypting activities". The third part is titled "This means using VPNs can bypass location and age restrictions". It shows a device with a subtitle "You are on a device based in London", the device is connected to a VPN symbol subtitled "You connect to a VPN server in Delhi", the VPN is connected to websites, subtitled "Websites think you are in India", and an arrow points at a no-entry road sign with the number "18" behind the sign, subtitled "Can bypass UK-specific content". The BBC logo is on the bottom right corner.
An explainer about VPNs in 3 parts, using iconography. It's titled "How do VPNs work?" and subtitled "Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) connect you to websites via a remote server, hiding your actual IP address and location". The image is part of the linked BBC article. The first part is titled "Without VPN", showing your device connecting to your ISP and then onwards to websites, with an explanation "Location shown is same as local ISP". Additional text says "Device connects to websites via Internet Service Provider (ISP)" The second part is titled "With VPN", showing your device connecting to your ISP and then to the VPN and only then to websites, with an explanation "Location shown is same as VPN". Additional text says "VPN funnels activity through another computer which can mask identity but also add security by encrypting activities". The third part is titled "This means using VPNs can bypass location and age restrictions". It shows a device with a subtitle "You are on a device based in London", the device is connected to a VPN symbol subtitled "You connect to a VPN server in Delhi", the VPN is connected to websites, subtitled "Websites think you are in India", and an arrow points at a no-entry road sign with the number "18" behind the sign, subtitled "Can bypass UK-specific content". The BBC logo is on the bottom right corner.
An explainer about VPNs in 3 parts, using iconography. It's titled "How do VPNs work?" and subtitled "Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) connect you to websites via a remote server, hiding your actual IP address and location". The image is part of the linked BBC article. The first part is titled "Without VPN", showing your device connecting to your ISP and then onwards to websites, with an explanation "Location shown is same as local ISP". Additional text says "Device connects to websites via Internet Service Provider (ISP)" The second part is titled "With VPN", showing your device connecting to your ISP and then to the VPN and only then to websites, with an explanation "Location shown is same as VPN". Additional text says "VPN funnels activity through another computer which can mask identity but also add security by encrypting activities". The third part is titled "This means using VPNs can bypass location and age restrictions". It shows a device with a subtitle "You are on a device based in London", the device is connected to a VPN symbol subtitled "You connect to a VPN server in Delhi", the VPN is connected to websites, subtitled "Websites think you are in India", and an arrow points at a no-entry road sign with the number "18" behind the sign, subtitled "Can bypass UK-specific content". The BBC logo is on the bottom right corner.