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href="/web/20191018173619/https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/internet/authors/e7896818-cd4d-3506-911c-b6d43ac16740" data-bbc-container="internet" data-bbc-title="post-author"> <div class="media"> <div class="1/6 hidden visible@bpw media__img"><img class="image lazyload" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20191018173619/https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/112x63/p02b5h95.jpg" data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20191018173619im_/https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/112x63/p02b5h95.jpg 112w" data-sizes="auto" alt=""></div> <div class="media__body"> <p class="no-margin delta">Neil McIntosh</p><p class="no-margin"><span class="br-page-text-ontext">Managing Editor, BBC Online</span></p> </div> </div> </a> <div class="component"> <p class="inline">Tagged with:</p> <ul class="list-unstyled inline list--comma"> <li><a data-bbc-container="internet" data-bbc-title="post-tag" href="/web/20191018173619/https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/internet/tags/bbc-online">BBC Online</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="component prose"> <p>Since a <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20191018173619/http://curia.europa.eu/jcms/upload/docs/application/pdf/2014-05/cp140070en.pdf" target="_blank">European Court of Justice ruling</a> in 2014, individuals have the right to request that search engines remove certain web pages from their search results. Those pages usually contain personal information about individuals.</p> <p>Following the ruling, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20191018173619/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-29586700" target="_blank">Google removed a large number of links from certain search results</a>, including some to BBC web pages, and continues to delist BBC Online pages from some search results. These pages are not removed from the Google index entirely, or from BBC Online.</p> <p>As a contribution to public policy and debate, the BBC has decided to make clear to licence fee payers which pages have been impacted by publishing this list of links.</p> <p>Each month, we’ll update the list, with the latest removals added at the top. Removals made in 2019 are listed below and those made in 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015 and 2014 <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20191018173619/http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/internet/entries/2edfe22f-df3d-4a05-8a65-b2a601532b0d" target="_blank">can be found here</a>.</p> <p>You can also find out more about the BBC’s archive policies in my <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20191018173619/http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/internet/entries/1d765aa8-600b-4f32-b110-d02fbf7fd379" target="_blank">first blog post</a> on this topic published in June 2015.</p> <p>One important caveat: when looking through this list it is worth noting that we are not told who has requested the delisting, and we should not leap to conclusions as to who is responsible. The request may not have come from…</p> </div> <p> <a data-bbc-title="post-read-more" data-bbc-container="internet" data-link="read-more" href="/web/20191018173619/https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/internet/entries/db90da6b-a1b2-47ef-90d8-751e487cbebd">Read more</a> </p> <div class="islet--vertical text--shout"> <a class="blogscomments-link" href="/web/20191018173619/https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/internet/entries/db90da6b-a1b2-47ef-90d8-751e487cbebd#comments" data-bbc-container="internet" data-bbc-title="post-comments"> <svg class="gelicon gelicon--text-base gelicon--comments"><use xlink:href="/web/20191018173619im_/https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/internet#gelicon--basics--comments"/></svg> Comments </a> </div> </div> </li> <li data-section="post" class="post br-keyline"> <div> <h3 class="beta"> <a data-bbc-title="post-title" data-bbc-container="internet" href="/web/20191018173619/https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/internet/entries/52595d86-b213-4dcb-a3ca-29155cee954c"> Thinking About Thinking Machines: BBC Media, Tech & Society Conference + Fair </a> </h3> <p class="text--subtle milli no-margin"> <time datetime="2019-10-10T09:18:50+00:00"> Thursday 10 October 2019, 10:18 </time> </p><a data-section="author" class="block islet--vertical" href="/web/20191018173619/https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/internet/authors/f2092628-dea8-4309-bea3-e2065122db73" data-bbc-container="internet" data-bbc-title="post-author"> <div class="media"> <div class="1/6 hidden visible@bpw media__img"><img class="image lazyload" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20191018173619/https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/112x63/p07qnnfv.jpg" data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20191018173619im_/https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/112x63/p07qnnfv.jpg 112w" data-sizes="auto" alt=""></div> <div class="media__body"> <p class="no-margin delta">Laura Ellis</p><p class="no-margin"><span class="br-page-text-ontext">BBC Head of Technology Forecasting</span></p> </div> </div> </a> <div class="component"> <p class="inline">Tagged with:</p> <ul class="list-unstyled inline list--comma"> <li><a data-bbc-container="internet" data-bbc-title="post-tag" href="/web/20191018173619/https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/internet/tags/bbc-blue-room">BBC Blue Room</a></li> <li><a data-bbc-container="internet" data-bbc-title="post-tag" href="/web/20191018173619/https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/internet/tags/innovation">Innovation</a></li> <li><a data-bbc-container="internet" data-bbc-title="post-tag" href="/web/20191018173619/https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/internet/tags/machine-learning">Machine Learning</a></li> <li><a data-bbc-container="internet" data-bbc-title="post-tag" href="/web/20191018173619/https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/internet/tags/artificial-intelligence">Artificial Intelligence</a></li> <li><a data-bbc-container="internet" data-bbc-title="post-tag" href="/web/20191018173619/https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/internet/tags/technology-strategy-architecture">Technology Strategy & Architecture</a></li> <li><a data-bbc-container="internet" data-bbc-title="post-tag" href="/web/20191018173619/https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/internet/tags/bbc-design-and-engineering">BBC Design and Engineering</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="component"> <img class="image" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20191018173619im_/https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/320xn/p07qnjjn.jpg" srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20191018173619im_/https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/80xn/p07qnjjn.jpg 80w, https://web.archive.org/web/20191018173619im_/https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/160xn/p07qnjjn.jpg 160w, https://web.archive.org/web/20191018173619im_/https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/320xn/p07qnjjn.jpg 320w, https://web.archive.org/web/20191018173619im_/https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/480xn/p07qnjjn.jpg 480w, https://web.archive.org/web/20191018173619im_/https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/640xn/p07qnjjn.jpg 640w, https://web.archive.org/web/20191018173619im_/https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/768xn/p07qnjjn.jpg 768w, https://web.archive.org/web/20191018173619im_/https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/896xn/p07qnjjn.jpg 896w, https://web.archive.org/web/20191018173619im_/https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/1008xn/p07qnjjn.jpg 1008w" sizes="(min-width: 63em) 613px, (min-width: 48.125em) 66.666666666667vw, 100vw" alt=""></div> <div class="component prose"> <p>Four hundred guests, a score of top-notch speakers, two rooms of cutting edge technology demonstrations, two programme recordings, and an orchestra playing music composed by a machine. All in a day’s work for this week’s <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20191018173619/https://canvas-story.bbcrewind.co.uk/bbc-blueroom-conference-fair/">BBC Media, Tech & Society Conference + Fair</a> in the Radio Theatre at Broadcasting House, organised by the BBC Blue Room.</p> <p>In this, the third year of our AI themed event, the focus was on responsibility, and how we can tackle the many issues raised by the increased use of AI and ML. Emphasising the BBC’s commitment to lead by doing, Chief Operating Officer Grace Boswood began the event by announcing:</p> <p>• The BBC’s first <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20191018173619/https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/internet/entries/4a31d36d-fd0c-4401-b464-d249376aafd1">ethics guidelines for in-house machine learning </a></p> <p>• The publication of the outcomes of significant research <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20191018173619/https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/internet/entries/3d6d559c-93be-42e4-bc17-aefa39181857">examining global attitudes to technology and society </a></p> <p>• New <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20191018173619/https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2019/data-skills-apprenticeship">data apprenticeships</a> the BBC is collaborating on with a range of other organisations.</p> <p>In the first panel, host Tina Daheley discussed the twin challenges of responsible data handling and…</p> </div> <p> <a data-bbc-title="post-read-more" data-bbc-container="internet" data-link="read-more" href="/web/20191018173619/https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/internet/entries/52595d86-b213-4dcb-a3ca-29155cee954c">Read more</a> </p> <div class="islet--vertical text--shout"> <a class="blogscomments-link" href="/web/20191018173619/https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/internet/entries/52595d86-b213-4dcb-a3ca-29155cee954c#comments" data-bbc-container="internet" data-bbc-title="post-comments"> <svg class="gelicon gelicon--text-base gelicon--comments"><use xlink:href="/web/20191018173619im_/https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/internet#gelicon--basics--comments"/></svg> Comments </a> </div> </div> </li> <li data-section="post" class="post br-keyline"> <div> <h3 class="beta"> <a data-bbc-title="post-title" data-bbc-container="internet" href="/web/20191018173619/https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/internet/entries/3d6d559c-93be-42e4-bc17-aefa39181857"> Flourishing in the Age of AI </a> </h3> <p class="text--subtle milli no-margin"> <time datetime="2019-10-08T15:18:27+00:00"> Tuesday 08 October 2019, 16:18 </time> </p><a data-section="author" class="block islet--vertical" href="/web/20191018173619/https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/internet/authors/2cd373de-4928-4ae4-bb9a-f5a659204d9e" data-bbc-container="internet" data-bbc-title="post-author"> <div class="media"> <div class="1/6 hidden visible@bpw media__img"><img class="image lazyload" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20191018173619/https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/112x63/p07qg4nb.jpg" data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20191018173619im_/https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/112x63/p07qg4nb.jpg 112w" data-sizes="auto" alt=""></div> <div class="media__body"> <p class="no-margin delta">Emily Hawes</p><p class="no-margin"><span class="br-page-text-ontext">Senior Audience Planner</span></p> </div> </div> </a> <div class="component prose"> <p>We’ve all heard the sci-fi narratives of a dystopian future, but what do people really want from a technologically-enabled world? At the BBC, we've been exploring these questions to direct our future innovation, to make sure that our AI development is truly working for the people we’re here to serve. Today, we’re publishing our ‘<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20191018173619/http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/flourishing-in-the-age-of-ai.pdf">Flourishing in the Age of AI</a>’ research, that delves into detail around what people want from their lives, and how technology might enable that.</p> <p>We found that, right now, people in the UK don’t think technology is being developed with their best interests at heart. Greater numbers of people in the UK think tech causes them more stress than opportunity overall. They believe technology can be a distraction, stopping them doing the things that really matter to them and their lives. There’s a job to do to convince people that AI can serve real human needs, rather than those of tech companies and corporations.</p> <p>There’s a massive opportunity for innovation that’s anchored in the issues and concerns that really matter to people. 78% of the UK audience want help with at least one problem in their lives, whether that's with knowing where you're going in life;…</p> </div> <p> <a data-bbc-title="post-read-more" data-bbc-container="internet" data-link="read-more" href="/web/20191018173619/https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/internet/entries/3d6d559c-93be-42e4-bc17-aefa39181857">Read more</a> </p> <div class="islet--vertical text--shout"> <a class="blogscomments-link" href="/web/20191018173619/https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/internet/entries/3d6d559c-93be-42e4-bc17-aefa39181857#comments" data-bbc-container="internet" data-bbc-title="post-comments"> <svg class="gelicon gelicon--text-base gelicon--comments"><use xlink:href="/web/20191018173619im_/https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/internet#gelicon--basics--comments"/></svg> Comments </a> </div> </div> </li> <li data-section="post" class="post br-keyline"> <div> <h3 class="beta"> <a data-bbc-title="post-title" data-bbc-container="internet" href="/web/20191018173619/https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/internet/entries/4a31d36d-fd0c-4401-b464-d249376aafd1"> Scaling responsible machine learning at the BBC </a> </h3> <p class="text--subtle milli no-margin"> <time datetime="2019-10-04T09:32:44+00:00"> Friday 04 October 2019, 10:32 </time> </p><a data-section="author" class="block islet--vertical" href="/web/20191018173619/https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/internet/authors/530bdacd-08f4-47ca-ac4a-524f8dbce1dd" data-bbc-container="internet" data-bbc-title="post-author"> <div class="media"> <div class="1/6 hidden visible@bpw media__img"><img class="image lazyload" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20191018173619/https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/112x63/p05w15bn.jpg" data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20191018173619im_/https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/112x63/p05w15bn.jpg 112w" data-sizes="auto" alt=""></div> <div class="media__body"> <p class="no-margin delta">Gabriel Straub</p><p class="no-margin"><span class="br-page-text-ontext">Head of Data Science and Architecture, BBC D&E</span></p> </div> </div> </a> <div class="component"> <p class="inline">Tagged with:</p> <ul class="list-unstyled inline list--comma"> <li><a data-bbc-container="internet" data-bbc-title="post-tag" href="/web/20191018173619/https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/internet/tags/machine-learning">Machine Learning</a></li> <li><a data-bbc-container="internet" data-bbc-title="post-tag" href="/web/20191018173619/https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/internet/tags/recommendations">Recommendations</a></li> <li><a data-bbc-container="internet" data-bbc-title="post-tag" href="/web/20191018173619/https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/internet/tags/technology-strategy-architecture">Technology Strategy & Architecture</a></li> <li><a data-bbc-container="internet" data-bbc-title="post-tag" href="/web/20191018173619/https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/internet/tags/bbc-design-and-engineering">BBC Design and Engineering</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="component prose"> <p>Machine learning is a set of techniques where computers can ‘solve’ problems without being explicitly programmed with all the steps to solve the problem, within the parameters set and controlled by data scientists working in partnership with editorial colleagues.</p> <p>The BBC currently uses machine learning in a range of ways – for example to provide users with personalised content recommendations, to help it understand what is in its vast archive, and to help transcribe the many hours of content we produce. And in the future, we expect that machine learning will become an ever more important tool…</p> </div> <p> <a data-bbc-title="post-read-more" data-bbc-container="internet" data-link="read-more" href="/web/20191018173619/https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/internet/entries/4a31d36d-fd0c-4401-b464-d249376aafd1">Read more</a> </p> <div class="islet--vertical text--shout"> <a class="blogscomments-link" href="/web/20191018173619/https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/internet/entries/4a31d36d-fd0c-4401-b464-d249376aafd1#comments" data-bbc-container="internet" data-bbc-title="post-comments"> <svg class="gelicon gelicon--text-base gelicon--comments"><use xlink:href="/web/20191018173619im_/https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/internet#gelicon--basics--comments"/></svg> Comments </a> </div> </div> </li> <li data-section="post" class="post br-keyline"> <div> <h3 class="beta"> <a data-bbc-title="post-title" data-bbc-container="internet" href="/web/20191018173619/https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/internet/entries/e351b992-24c5-46b9-93d0-adc8f7363951"> BBC Blue Room Presents: Media, Tech & Society Conference 2019 – Who is responsible in the age of intelligent machines? </a> </h3> <p class="text--subtle milli no-margin"> <time datetime="2019-10-01T10:46:28+00:00"> Tuesday 01 October 2019, 11:46 </time> </p><a data-section="author" class="block islet--vertical" href="/web/20191018173619/https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/internet/authors/b68ec494-9172-4d7f-9357-9fc37c5b7531" data-bbc-container="internet" data-bbc-title="post-author"> <div class="media"> <div class="1/6 hidden visible@bpw media__img"><img class="image lazyload" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20191018173619/https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/112x63/p06rm1yk.jpg" data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20191018173619im_/https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/112x63/p06rm1yk.jpg 112w" data-sizes="auto" alt=""></div> <div class="media__body"> <p class="no-margin delta">Ahmed Razek</p><p class="no-margin"><span class="br-page-text-ontext">Technologist, Blue Room</span></p> </div> </div> </a> <div class="component"> <p class="inline">Tagged with:</p> <ul class="list-unstyled inline list--comma"> <li><a data-bbc-container="internet" data-bbc-title="post-tag" href="/web/20191018173619/https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/internet/tags/artificial-intelligence">Artificial Intelligence</a></li> <li><a data-bbc-container="internet" data-bbc-title="post-tag" href="/web/20191018173619/https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/internet/tags/machine-learning">Machine Learning</a></li> <li><a data-bbc-container="internet" data-bbc-title="post-tag" href="/web/20191018173619/https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/internet/tags/bbc-blue-room">BBC Blue Room</a></li> <li><a data-bbc-container="internet" data-bbc-title="post-tag" href="/web/20191018173619/https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/internet/tags/technology-strategy-architecture">Technology Strategy & Architecture</a></li> <li><a data-bbc-container="internet" data-bbc-title="post-tag" href="/web/20191018173619/https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/internet/tags/bbc-design-and-engineering">BBC Design and Engineering</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="component prose"> <p>On 7th October, the BBC Blue Room will host its annual Media, Tech & Society conference. The theme this year is around the critical issue of <strong>responsibility</strong>, particularly within AI systems.</p> <p>News stories about Artificial Intelligence seem to be ever-present in the media - AI is now a mainstream topic. We only have to look at some high-profile developments over the last year to realise how pressing issues of responsibility have become:</p> <ul> <li>A site in King's Cross recently <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20191018173619/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-49564957">scrapped the use of facial recognition technology</a></li> <li>Open AI decided not to release <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20191018173619/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-49446729">its GPT-2 language model</a> for fear of potential…</li></ul> </div> <p> <a data-bbc-title="post-read-more" data-bbc-container="internet" data-link="read-more" href="/web/20191018173619/https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/internet/entries/e351b992-24c5-46b9-93d0-adc8f7363951">Read more</a> </p> <div class="islet--vertical text--shout"> <a class="blogscomments-link" href="/web/20191018173619/https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/internet/entries/e351b992-24c5-46b9-93d0-adc8f7363951#comments" data-bbc-container="internet" data-bbc-title="post-comments"> <svg class="gelicon gelicon--text-base gelicon--comments"><use xlink:href="/web/20191018173619im_/https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/internet#gelicon--basics--comments"/></svg> Comments </a> </div> </div> </li> <li data-section="post" class="post br-keyline"> <div> <h3 class="beta"> <a data-bbc-title="post-title" data-bbc-container="internet" href="/web/20191018173619/https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/internet/entries/a5f2c700-a74c-4671-b4b4-85b942cc1331"> Music Memories and Memory Radio </a> </h3> <p class="text--subtle milli no-margin"> <time datetime="2019-09-25T09:16:31+00:00"> Wednesday 25 September 2019, 10:16 </time> </p><a data-section="author" class="block islet--vertical" href="/web/20191018173619/https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/internet/authors/a4ab95ad-c703-3518-85fd-1053e9de28f3" data-bbc-container="internet" data-bbc-title="post-author"> <div class="media"> <div class="1/6 hidden visible@bpw media__img"><img class="image lazyload" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20191018173619/https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/112x63/p013lvmm.jpg" data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20191018173619im_/https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/112x63/p013lvmm.jpg 112w" data-sizes="auto" alt=""></div> <div class="media__body"> <p class="no-margin delta">Jake Berger</p><p class="no-margin"><span class="br-page-text-ontext">Executive Product Manager, BBC Archive Development</span></p> </div> </div> </a> <div class="component"> <p class="inline">Tagged with:</p> <ul class="list-unstyled inline list--comma"> <li><a data-bbc-container="internet" data-bbc-title="post-tag" href="/web/20191018173619/https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/internet/tags/archive">Archive</a></li> <li><a data-bbc-container="internet" data-bbc-title="post-tag" href="/web/20191018173619/https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/internet/tags/bbc-music">BBC Music</a></li> <li><a data-bbc-container="internet" data-bbc-title="post-tag" href="/web/20191018173619/https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/internet/tags/bbc-design-and-engineering">BBC Design and Engineering</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="component prose"> <p>As part of BBC Music Day we are expanding the Music Memories tool, including content for ageing BAME communities living with dementia. We are also launching a Memory Radio service designed by, and for, people living with dementia.</p> <p>In 2018 I wrote about <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20191018173619/https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/internet/entries/863ddaba-7f5a-4fd1-8a28-70e8c5a47f93">the launch of BBC Music Memories</a> - a free, globally available website to help people with dementia reconnect with their most powerful memories by finding music from their past, and creating a playlist of personally meaningful music.</p> <p>Since the initial launch, the BBC has helped bring together more than 100 organisations with an interest in…</p> </div> <p> <a data-bbc-title="post-read-more" data-bbc-container="internet" data-link="read-more" href="/web/20191018173619/https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/internet/entries/a5f2c700-a74c-4671-b4b4-85b942cc1331">Read more</a> </p> <div class="islet--vertical text--shout"> <a class="blogscomments-link" href="/web/20191018173619/https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/internet/entries/a5f2c700-a74c-4671-b4b4-85b942cc1331#comments" data-bbc-container="internet" data-bbc-title="post-comments"> <svg class="gelicon gelicon--text-base gelicon--comments"><use xlink:href="/web/20191018173619im_/https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/internet#gelicon--basics--comments"/></svg> Comments </a> </div> </div> </li> <li data-section="post" class="post br-keyline"> <div> <h3 class="beta"> <a data-bbc-title="post-title" data-bbc-container="internet" href="/web/20191018173619/https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/internet/entries/62a41012-6282-4641-aa44-7b8c8e8581de"> BBC Blue Room at IFA 2019 </a> </h3> <p class="text--subtle milli no-margin"> <time datetime="2019-09-24T10:00:40+00:00"> Tuesday 24 September 2019, 11:00 </time> </p><a data-section="author" class="block islet--vertical" href="/web/20191018173619/https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/internet/authors/fe193d76-ccd3-47eb-b5e1-55be8a5255da" data-bbc-container="internet" data-bbc-title="post-author"> <div class="media"> <div class="1/6 hidden visible@bpw media__img"><img class="image lazyload" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20191018173619/https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/112x63/p013n67c.jpg" data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20191018173619im_/https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/112x63/p013n67c.jpg 112w" data-sizes="auto" alt=""></div> <div class="media__body"> <p class="no-margin delta">Colin Warhurst and James Hand</p><p class="no-margin"><span class="br-page-text-ontext">BBC Blue Room</span></p> </div> </div> </a> <div class="component"> <p class="inline">Tagged with:</p> <ul class="list-unstyled inline list--comma"> <li><a data-bbc-container="internet" data-bbc-title="post-tag" href="/web/20191018173619/https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/internet/tags/innovation">Innovation</a></li> <li><a data-bbc-container="internet" data-bbc-title="post-tag" href="/web/20191018173619/https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/internet/tags/bbc-blue-room">BBC Blue Room</a></li> <li><a data-bbc-container="internet" data-bbc-title="post-tag" href="/web/20191018173619/https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/internet/tags/technology-strategy-architecture">Technology Strategy & Architecture</a></li> <li><a data-bbc-container="internet" data-bbc-title="post-tag" href="/web/20191018173619/https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/internet/tags/bbc-design-and-engineering">BBC Design and Engineering</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="component prose"> <p><em>The BBC Blue Room allows staff and guests from local communities the opportunity to see and try out the best new technology for audiences to consume, create and interact with content. Colin Warhurst and James Hand from the Blue Room recently attended a major technology trade event and reports back on the new innovations on display</em>.</p> </div> <div class="component"> <img class="image" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20191018173619im_/https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/320xn/p07p56l0.jpg" srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20191018173619im_/https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/80xn/p07p56l0.jpg 80w, https://web.archive.org/web/20191018173619im_/https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/160xn/p07p56l0.jpg 160w, https://web.archive.org/web/20191018173619im_/https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/320xn/p07p56l0.jpg 320w, https://web.archive.org/web/20191018173619im_/https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/480xn/p07p56l0.jpg 480w, https://web.archive.org/web/20191018173619im_/https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/640xn/p07p56l0.jpg 640w, https://web.archive.org/web/20191018173619im_/https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/768xn/p07p56l0.jpg 768w, https://web.archive.org/web/20191018173619im_/https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/896xn/p07p56l0.jpg 896w, https://web.archive.org/web/20191018173619im_/https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/1008xn/p07p56l0.jpg 1008w" sizes="(min-width: 63em) 613px, (min-width: 48.125em) 66.666666666667vw, 100vw" alt=""></div> <div class="component prose"> <p>IFA is Europe's largest consumer technology trade show, and it…</p> </div> <p> <a data-bbc-title="post-read-more" data-bbc-container="internet" data-link="read-more" href="/web/20191018173619/https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/internet/entries/62a41012-6282-4641-aa44-7b8c8e8581de">Read more</a> </p> <div class="islet--vertical text--shout"> <a class="blogscomments-link" href="/web/20191018173619/https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/internet/entries/62a41012-6282-4641-aa44-7b8c8e8581de#comments" data-bbc-container="internet" data-bbc-title="post-comments"> <svg class="gelicon gelicon--text-base gelicon--comments"><use xlink:href="/web/20191018173619im_/https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/internet#gelicon--basics--comments"/></svg> Comments </a> </div> </div> </li> <li data-section="post" class="post br-keyline"> <div> <h3 class="beta"> <a data-bbc-title="post-title" data-bbc-container="internet" href="/web/20191018173619/https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/internet/entries/94ec41ae-b25b-4e58-9c0f-1b9b2890c281"> Own It, The App: Six Technical Challenges </a> </h3> <p class="text--subtle milli no-margin"> <time datetime="2019-09-18T11:34:25+00:00"> Wednesday 18 September 2019, 12:34 </time> </p><a data-section="author" class="block islet--vertical" href="/web/20191018173619/https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/internet/authors/3be1c71e-fc5c-335b-8098-0329bd9c8647" data-bbc-container="internet" data-bbc-title="post-author"> <div class="media"> <div class="1/6 hidden visible@bpw media__img"><img class="image lazyload" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20191018173619/https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/112x63/p036k071.jpg" data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20191018173619im_/https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/112x63/p036k071.jpg 112w" data-sizes="auto" alt=""></div> <div class="media__body"> <p class="no-margin delta">Jon Howard</p><p class="no-margin"><span class="br-page-text-ontext">Executive Product Manager</span></p> </div> </div> </a> <div class="component"> <p class="inline">Tagged with:</p> <ul class="list-unstyled inline list--comma"> <li><a data-bbc-container="internet" data-bbc-title="post-tag" href="/web/20191018173619/https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/internet/tags/children">Children</a></li> <li><a data-bbc-container="internet" data-bbc-title="post-tag" href="/web/20191018173619/https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/internet/tags/mobile">Mobile</a></li> <li><a data-bbc-container="internet" data-bbc-title="post-tag" href="/web/20191018173619/https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/internet/tags/machine-learning">Machine Learning</a></li> <li><a data-bbc-container="internet" data-bbc-title="post-tag" href="/web/20191018173619/https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/internet/tags/bbc-design-and-engineering">BBC Design and Engineering</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="component prose"> <p>Young people now receive their first connected smartphone between the ages of 8 and 12. They may have used a shared device up to that point, but now, in their hands is their first personal carry-everywhere device.</p> <p>The internet is a force for good; however it hasn't been designed specifically for children. With their own smartphone, young people now have access to a glittering array of experiences which they will explore more freely than they would on a shared device. The Own It App is designed to support and guide children as they make that journey.</p> </div> <div class="component"> <img class="image" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20191018173619im_/https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/320xn/p07nn2lg.jpg" srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20191018173619im_/https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/80xn/p07nn2lg.jpg 80w, https://web.archive.org/web/20191018173619im_/https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/160xn/p07nn2lg.jpg 160w, https://web.archive.org/web/20191018173619im_/https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/320xn/p07nn2lg.jpg 320w, https://web.archive.org/web/20191018173619im_/https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/480xn/p07nn2lg.jpg 480w, https://web.archive.org/web/20191018173619im_/https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/640xn/p07nn2lg.jpg 640w, https://web.archive.org/web/20191018173619im_/https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/768xn/p07nn2lg.jpg 768w, https://web.archive.org/web/20191018173619im_/https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/896xn/p07nn2lg.jpg 896w, https://web.archive.org/web/20191018173619im_/https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/1008xn/p07nn2lg.jpg 1008w" sizes="(min-width: 63em) 613px, (min-width: 48.125em) 66.666666666667vw, 100vw" alt=""></div> <p> <a data-bbc-title="post-read-more" data-bbc-container="internet" data-link="read-more" href="/web/20191018173619/https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/internet/entries/94ec41ae-b25b-4e58-9c0f-1b9b2890c281">Read more</a> </p> <div class="islet--vertical text--shout"> <a class="blogscomments-link" href="/web/20191018173619/https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/internet/entries/94ec41ae-b25b-4e58-9c0f-1b9b2890c281#comments" data-bbc-container="internet" data-bbc-title="post-comments"> <svg class="gelicon gelicon--text-base gelicon--comments"><use xlink:href="/web/20191018173619im_/https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/internet#gelicon--basics--comments"/></svg> Comments </a> </div> </div> </li> <li data-section="post" class="post br-keyline"> <div> <h3 class="beta"> <a data-bbc-title="post-title" data-bbc-container="internet" href="/web/20191018173619/https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/internet/entries/e74bedf3-52ec-4c78-9d86-92523008d3ff"> August 2019: List of BBC web pages which have been removed from Google's search results </a> </h3> <p class="text--subtle milli no-margin"> <time datetime="2019-09-16T08:52:53+00:00"> Monday 16 September 2019, 09:52 </time> </p><a data-section="author" class="block islet--vertical" href="/web/20191018173619/https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/internet/authors/e7896818-cd4d-3506-911c-b6d43ac16740" data-bbc-container="internet" data-bbc-title="post-author"> <div class="media"> <div class="1/6 hidden visible@bpw media__img"><img class="image lazyload" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20191018173619/https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/112x63/p02b5h95.jpg" data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20191018173619im_/https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/112x63/p02b5h95.jpg 112w" data-sizes="auto" alt=""></div> <div class="media__body"> <p class="no-margin delta">Neil McIntosh</p><p class="no-margin"><span class="br-page-text-ontext">Managing Editor, BBC Online</span></p> </div> </div> </a> <div class="component"> <p class="inline">Tagged with:</p> <ul class="list-unstyled inline list--comma"> <li><a data-bbc-container="internet" data-bbc-title="post-tag" href="/web/20191018173619/https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/internet/tags/bbc-online">BBC Online</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="component prose"> <p>Since a <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20191018173619/http://curia.europa.eu/jcms/upload/docs/application/pdf/2014-05/cp140070en.pdf" target="_blank">European Court of Justice ruling</a> in 2014, individuals have the right to request that search engines remove certain web pages from their search results. Those pages usually contain personal information about individuals.</p> <p>Following the ruling, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20191018173619/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-29586700" target="_blank">Google removed a large number of links from certain search results</a>, including some to BBC web pages, and continues to delist BBC Online pages from some search results. These pages are not removed from the Google index entirely, or from BBC Online.</p> <p>As a contribution to public policy and debate, the BBC has decided to make clear to licence fee…</p> </div> <p> <a data-bbc-title="post-read-more" data-bbc-container="internet" data-link="read-more" href="/web/20191018173619/https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/internet/entries/e74bedf3-52ec-4c78-9d86-92523008d3ff">Read more</a> </p> <div class="islet--vertical text--shout"> <a class="blogscomments-link" href="/web/20191018173619/https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/internet/entries/e74bedf3-52ec-4c78-9d86-92523008d3ff#comments" data-bbc-container="internet" data-bbc-title="post-comments"> <svg class="gelicon gelicon--text-base gelicon--comments"><use xlink:href="/web/20191018173619im_/https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/internet#gelicon--basics--comments"/></svg> Comments </a> </div> </div> </li> <li data-section="post" class="post br-keyline"> <div> <h3 class="beta"> <a data-bbc-title="post-title" data-bbc-container="internet" href="/web/20191018173619/https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/internet/entries/8eb99156-773a-4c20-aa70-f13a6b306799"> Could smartglasses and holograms transform TV, news and education? </a> </h3> <p class="text--subtle milli no-margin"> <time datetime="2019-09-05T06:50:59+00:00"> Thursday 05 September 2019, 07:50 </time> </p><a data-section="author" class="block islet--vertical" href="/web/20191018173619/https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/internet/authors/26aed5c9-053e-325a-81f4-5bc030ad1022" data-bbc-container="internet" data-bbc-title="post-author"> <div class="media"> <div class="1/6 hidden visible@bpw media__img"><img class="image lazyload" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20191018173619/https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/112x63/p06fh7xr.jpg" data-srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20191018173619im_/https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/112x63/p06fh7xr.jpg 112w" data-sizes="auto" alt=""></div> <div class="media__body"> <p class="no-margin delta">Cyrus Saihan</p><p class="no-margin"><span class="br-page-text-ontext">Head of Digital Partnerships</span></p> </div> </div> </a> <div class="component"> <p class="inline">Tagged with:</p> <ul class="list-unstyled inline list--comma"> <li><a data-bbc-container="internet" data-bbc-title="post-tag" href="/web/20191018173619/https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/internet/tags/innovation">Innovation</a></li> <li><a data-bbc-container="internet" data-bbc-title="post-tag" href="/web/20191018173619/https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/internet/tags/augmented-reality">Augmented Reality</a></li> <li><a data-bbc-container="internet" data-bbc-title="post-tag" href="/web/20191018173619/https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/internet/tags/digital-partners">Digital Partners</a></li> <li><a data-bbc-container="internet" data-bbc-title="post-tag" href="/web/20191018173619/https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/internet/tags/smartglasses">Smartglasses</a></li> <li><a data-bbc-container="internet" data-bbc-title="post-tag" href="/web/20191018173619/https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/internet/tags/holograms">Holograms</a></li> <li><a data-bbc-container="internet" data-bbc-title="post-tag" href="/web/20191018173619/https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/internet/tags/distribution-business-development">Distribution & Business Development</a></li> <li><a data-bbc-container="internet" data-bbc-title="post-tag" href="/web/20191018173619/https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/internet/tags/bbc-design-and-engineering">BBC Design and Engineering</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="component prose"> <p><em>As global technology companies start to invest in smartglasses technology as a possible replacement for smartphones, the BBC has experimented with how audiences might watch TV, access the news and learn about new topics using new augmented reality technology, holograms and smartglasses. 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