None would use #YouTube as a replacement for a #HealthCare consultation, although it can be a good starting point.

But how do you tell the real professionals from the quacks?

The #UK youtube is starting to #Verify actual professionals over the quacks 🦆

#Disinformation #AltFacts #Lies #Misinformation

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-66716501

"#Candidates for #president had lots to say about #abortion restrictions during the first #Republicandebate. We checked the data to #verify their claims."
https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/verify/verify-republican-presidential-debate-claims-abortion/65-9edd010f-d333-4350-80af-2ed11b81723e
#factcheck #factChecking

Not sure how this can fly but so many other mammals without wings are destroying the earth - and away we go - #X #Twitter #Musk will begin to have users #verify their #identity by having them submit a #selfie alongside a #government issued #ID. The process requires users to consent to X storing their information for 30 days and sharing it with #AU10TIX, an identity verification company based in Israel. https://www.pcmag.com/news/verifying-your-identity-on-twitter-will-require-taking-a-selfie #privacy #cybercrime #socialmedia #IDtheft #surveillance #govdocs

»You can now #verify your #Threads profile on #Mastodon: Verified Threads links are the platform’s first tangible connection to decentralized social media.« https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/9/23826257/threads-verify-profile-mastodon-decentralized-platforms-fediverse?eicker.news #tech #media

How do I #verify a link for #mastodon usage on my #profile? #mastodontips

🔱What we share online can have consequences in the #realworld,including leaving people #uninformed and at #risk.
Each of us can #stop the spread of harmful #misinformation by taking #time to #verify facts before #sharing #content #online.

🔔#takecarebeforeyoushare

💙⚓🌊🌐🌊⚓

How to Verify Yourself on Mastodon | HackerNoon
https://hackernoon.com/how-to-verify-yourself-on-mastodon/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=tweepsmap #verification #verify #mastodon

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-65650822

Explaining the 'how' - the launch of #BBC #Verify

توثيق حسابي على موقع ميديوم كمؤلف كتب موثق. 😎
I'm now a VERIFIED BOOK AUTHOR on @Medium.
Check my account, follow me, and signup, you may find it interesting.
https://maher-asaad-baker.medium.com

#verify #verified #author #medium #book #free #توثيق #موثق

eicker.news #technews »#LinkedIn rolls out ways to #verify your #identity and #employment, without a price tag: To confirm your place of employment, you have to enter a #verificationcode sent to your #companyemailaddress.« https://techcrunch.com/2023/04/12/linkedin-rolls-out-ways-to-verify-your-identity-and-employment-without-a-price-tag/

@kusuriya @mail *nodds in agreement*

#Keybase in it's original form as a means to sync and host #Pubkeys and #verify accounts is good, but them selling out and snitching on users [i.e. #DeterrenceDispensed] is inexcuseable.

OFC a privacy & encrypted-only eMail provicer would've to offer a #Keyserver to provide #Pubkeys for the eMail adresses of users...

Ideally something that literally allows automatic pulling like keyserver.mailprovider.example/emailadress@mailprovider.example.pubkey.

#OpenAI's #ChatGPT #BLOCKED In #Italy: #Privacy_Watchdog | By AFP - Agence #France Presse | #Penalty of a 20 #million_euro ($21.7-#million) #FINE, or up to 4 percent of annual revenues!!

#Italy's privacy watchdog said Friday it had blocked the controversial #robot ChatGPT, saying the #artificial_intelligence app did not #respect #user_data and could not #verify users' #age.

The decision "#with_immediate_effect" will result in "the temporary #limitation of the #processing of #Italian #user_data vis-a-vis OpenAI", the Italian #Data_Protection_Authority said.

The agency has launched an #investigation.

But the app that appeared in November is controversial, with #teachers fearing #students will use it to #cheat, and #policymakers concerned about the spread of #misinformation.

The watchdog said that on March 20, the app experienced a #data_breach involving user conversations and #payment information.

It said there was no legal basis to justify "the #mass_collection and #storage of #personal_data for the #purpose of '#training' the #algorithms underlying the operation of the platform".

It also said that since there was #no_way to #verify the #age of #users, the app "#exposes_minors to absolutely #unsuitable_answers compared to their degree of #development and #awareness."

It said the company had 20 days to respond how it would address the watchdog's concerns, under #penalty of a 20 #million_euro ($21.7-#million) #FINE, or up to 4 percent of annual revenues.

The blocking of ChatGPT in Italy comes days after the European policing agency Europol warned that criminals were set to use the app to commit fraud and other cybercrimes, from phishing to malware.

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#OpenAI's #ChatGPT #BLOCKED In #Italy: #Privacy_Watchdog | By AFP - Agence #France Presse | #Penalty of a 20 #million_euro ($21.7-#million) #FINE, or up to 4 percent of annual revenues!!

#Italy's privacy watchdog said Friday it had blocked the controversial #robot ChatGPT, saying the #artificial_intelligence app did not #respect #user_data and could not #verify users' #age.

The decision "#with_immediate_effect" will result in "the temporary #limitation of the #processing of #Italian #user_data vis-a-vis OpenAI", the Italian #Data_Protection_Authority said.

The agency has launched an #investigation.

But the app that appeared in November is controversial, with #teachers fearing #students will use it to #cheat, and #policymakers concerned about the spread of #misinformation.

The watchdog said that on March 20, the app experienced a #data_breach involving user conversations and #payment information.

It said there was no legal basis to justify "the #mass_collection and #storage of #personal_data for the #purpose of '#training' the #algorithms underlying the operation of the platform".

It also said that since there was #no_way to #verify the #age of #users, the app "#exposes_minors to absolutely #unsuitable_answers compared to their degree of #development and #awareness."

It said the company had 20 days to respond how it would address the watchdog's concerns, under #penalty of a 20 #million_euro ($21.7-#million) #FINE, or up to 4 percent of annual revenues.

The blocking of ChatGPT in Italy comes days after the European policing agency Europol warned that criminals were set to use the app to commit fraud and other cybercrimes, from phishing to malware.

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#OpenAI's #ChatGPT #BLOCKED In #Italy: #Privacy_Watchdog | By AFP - Agence #France Presse | #Penalty of a 20 #million_euro ($21.7-#million) #FINE, or up to 4 percent of annual revenues!!

#Italy's privacy watchdog said Friday it had blocked the controversial #robot ChatGPT, saying the #artificial_intelligence app did not #respect #user_data and could not #verify users' #age.

The decision "#with_immediate_effect" will result in "the temporary #limitation of the #processing of #Italian #user_data vis-a-vis OpenAI", the Italian #Data_Protection_Authority said.

The agency has launched an #investigation.

But the app that appeared in November is controversial, with #teachers fearing #students will use it to #cheat, and #policymakers concerned about the spread of #misinformation.

The watchdog said that on March 20, the app experienced a #data_breach involving user conversations and #payment information.

It said there was no legal basis to justify "the #mass_collection and #storage of #personal_data for the #purpose of '#training' the #algorithms underlying the operation of the platform".

It also said that since there was #no_way to #verify the #age of #users, the app "#exposes_minors to absolutely #unsuitable_answers compared to their degree of #development and #awareness."

It said the company had 20 days to respond how it would address the watchdog's concerns, under #penalty of a 20 #million_euro ($21.7-#million) #FINE, or up to 4 percent of annual revenues.

The blocking of ChatGPT in Italy comes days after the European policing agency Europol warned that criminals were set to use the app to commit fraud and other cybercrimes, from phishing to malware.

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#OpenAI's #ChatGPT #BLOCKED In #Italy: #Privacy_Watchdog | By AFP - Agence #France Presse | #Penalty of a 20 #million_euro ($21.7-#million) #FINE, or up to 4 percent of annual revenues!!

#Italy's privacy watchdog said Friday it had blocked the controversial #robot ChatGPT, saying the #artificial_intelligence app did not #respect #user_data and could not #verify users' #age.

The decision "#with_immediate_effect" will result in "the temporary #limitation of the #processing of #Italian #user_data vis-a-vis OpenAI", the Italian #Data_Protection_Authority said.

The agency has launched an #investigation.

But the app that appeared in November is controversial, with #teachers fearing #students will use it to #cheat, and #policymakers concerned about the spread of #misinformation.

The watchdog said that on March 20, the app experienced a #data_breach involving user conversations and #payment information.

It said there was no legal basis to justify "the #mass_collection and #storage of #personal_data for the #purpose of '#training' the #algorithms underlying the operation of the platform".

It also said that since there was #no_way to #verify the #age of #users, the app "#exposes_minors to absolutely #unsuitable_answers compared to their degree of #development and #awareness."

It said the company had 20 days to respond how it would address the watchdog's concerns, under #penalty of a 20 #million_euro ($21.7-#million) #FINE, or up to 4 percent of annual revenues.

The blocking of ChatGPT in Italy comes days after the European policing agency Europol warned that criminals were set to use the app to commit fraud and other cybercrimes, from phishing to malware.

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#OpenAI's #ChatGPT #BLOCKED In #Italy: #Privacy_Watchdog | By AFP - Agence #France Presse | #Penalty of a 20 #million_euro ($21.7-#million) #FINE, or up to 4 percent of annual revenues!!

#Italy's privacy watchdog said Friday it had blocked the controversial #robot ChatGPT, saying the #artificial_intelligence app did not #respect #user_data and could not #verify users' #age.

The decision "#with_immediate_effect" will result in "the temporary #limitation of the #processing of #Italian #user_data vis-a-vis OpenAI", the Italian #Data_Protection_Authority said.

The agency has launched an #investigation.

But the app that appeared in November is controversial, with #teachers fearing #students will use it to #cheat, and #policymakers concerned about the spread of #misinformation.

The watchdog said that on March 20, the app experienced a #data_breach involving user conversations and #payment information.

It said there was no legal basis to justify "the #mass_collection and #storage of #personal_data for the #purpose of '#training' the #algorithms underlying the operation of the platform".

It also said that since there was #no_way to #verify the #age of #users, the app "#exposes_minors to absolutely #unsuitable_answers compared to their degree of #development and #awareness."

It said the company had 20 days to respond how it would address the watchdog's concerns, under #penalty of a 20 #million_euro ($21.7-#million) #FINE, or up to 4 percent of annual revenues.

The blocking of ChatGPT in Italy comes days after the European policing agency Europol warned that criminals were set to use the app to commit fraud and other cybercrimes, from phishing to malware.

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#OpenAI's #ChatGPT #BLOCKED In #Italy: #Privacy_Watchdog | By AFP - Agence #France Presse | #Penalty of a 20 #million_euro ($21.7-#million) #FINE, or up to 4 percent of annual revenues!!

#Italy's privacy watchdog said Friday it had blocked the controversial #robot ChatGPT, saying the #artificial_intelligence app did not #respect #user_data and could not #verify users' #age.

The decision "#with_immediate_effect" will result in "the temporary #limitation of the #processing of #Italian #user_data vis-a-vis OpenAI", the Italian #Data_Protection_Authority said.

The agency has launched an #investigation.

But the app that appeared in November is controversial, with #teachers fearing #students will use it to #cheat, and #policymakers concerned about the spread of #misinformation.

The watchdog said that on March 20, the app experienced a #data_breach involving user conversations and #payment information.

It said there was no legal basis to justify "the #mass_collection and #storage of #personal_data for the #purpose of '#training' the #algorithms underlying the operation of the platform".

It also said that since there was #no_way to #verify the #age of #users, the app "#exposes_minors to absolutely #unsuitable_answers compared to their degree of #development and #awareness."

It said the company had 20 days to respond how it would address the watchdog's concerns, under #penalty of a 20 #million_euro ($21.7-#million) #FINE, or up to 4 percent of annual revenues.

The blocking of ChatGPT in Italy comes days after the European policing agency Europol warned that criminals were set to use the app to commit fraud and other cybercrimes, from phishing to malware.

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#OpenAI's #ChatGPT #BLOCKED In #Italy: #Privacy_Watchdog | By AFP - Agence #France Presse | #Penalty of a 20 #million_euro ($21.7-#million) #FINE, or up to 4 percent of annual revenues!!

#Italy's privacy watchdog said Friday it had blocked the controversial #robot ChatGPT, saying the #artificial_intelligence app did not #respect #user_data and could not #verify users' #age.

The decision "#with_immediate_effect" will result in "the temporary #limitation of the #processing of #Italian #user_data vis-a-vis OpenAI", the Italian #Data_Protection_Authority said.

The agency has launched an #investigation.

But the app that appeared in November is controversial, with #teachers fearing #students will use it to #cheat, and #policymakers concerned about the spread of #misinformation.

The watchdog said that on March 20, the app experienced a #data_breach involving user conversations and #payment information.

It said there was no legal basis to justify "the #mass_collection and #storage of #personal_data for the #purpose of '#training' the #algorithms underlying the operation of the platform".

It also said that since there was #no_way to #verify the #age of #users, the app "#exposes_minors to absolutely #unsuitable_answers compared to their degree of #development and #awareness."

It said the company had 20 days to respond how it would address the watchdog's concerns, under #penalty of a 20 #million_euro ($21.7-#million) #FINE, or up to 4 percent of annual revenues.

The blocking of ChatGPT in Italy comes days after the European policing agency Europol warned that criminals were set to use the app to commit fraud and other cybercrimes, from phishing to malware.

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#OpenAI's #ChatGPT #BLOCKED In #Italy: #Privacy_Watchdog | By AFP - Agence #France Presse | #Penalty of a 20 #million_euro ($21.7-#million) #FINE, or up to 4 percent of annual revenues!!

#Italy's privacy watchdog said Friday it had blocked the controversial #robot ChatGPT, saying the #artificial_intelligence app did not #respect #user_data and could not #verify users' #age.

The decision "#with_immediate_effect" will result in "the temporary #limitation of the #processing of #Italian #user_data vis-a-vis OpenAI", the Italian #Data_Protection_Authority said.

The agency has launched an #investigation.

But the app that appeared in November is controversial, with #teachers fearing #students will use it to #cheat, and #policymakers concerned about the spread of #misinformation.

The watchdog said that on March 20, the app experienced a #data_breach involving user conversations and #payment information.

It said there was no legal basis to justify "the #mass_collection and #storage of #personal_data for the #purpose of '#training' the #algorithms underlying the operation of the platform".

It also said that since there was #no_way to #verify the #age of #users, the app "#exposes_minors to absolutely #unsuitable_answers compared to their degree of #development and #awareness."

It said the company had 20 days to respond how it would address the watchdog's concerns, under #penalty of a 20 #million_euro ($21.7-#million) #FINE, or up to 4 percent of annual revenues.

The blocking of ChatGPT in Italy comes days after the European policing agency Europol warned that criminals were set to use the app to commit fraud and other cybercrimes, from phishing to malware.

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#OpenAI's #ChatGPT #BLOCKED In #Italy: #Privacy_Watchdog | By AFP - Agence #France Presse | #Penalty of a 20 #million_euro ($21.7-#million) #FINE, or up to 4 percent of annual revenues!!

#Italy's privacy watchdog said Friday it had blocked the controversial #robot ChatGPT, saying the #artificial_intelligence app did not #respect #user_data and could not #verify users' #age.

The decision "#with_immediate_effect" will result in "the temporary #limitation of the #processing of #Italian #user_data vis-a-vis OpenAI", the Italian #Data_Protection_Authority said.

The agency has launched an #investigation.

But the app that appeared in November is controversial, with #teachers fearing #students will use it to #cheat, and #policymakers concerned about the spread of #misinformation.

The watchdog said that on March 20, the app experienced a #data_breach involving user conversations and #payment information.

It said there was no legal basis to justify "the #mass_collection and #storage of #personal_data for the #purpose of '#training' the #algorithms underlying the operation of the platform".

It also said that since there was #no_way to #verify the #age of #users, the app "#exposes_minors to absolutely #unsuitable_answers compared to their degree of #development and #awareness."

It said the company had 20 days to respond how it would address the watchdog's concerns, under #penalty of a 20 #million_euro ($21.7-#million) #FINE, or up to 4 percent of annual revenues.

The blocking of ChatGPT in Italy comes days after the European policing agency Europol warned that criminals were set to use the app to commit fraud and other cybercrimes, from phishing to malware.

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