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    SEMINAR 7 – THE OPEN SOCIETY AND E-GOVERNMENT

    Outline:
    Open Society/E-Government/Open infrastructure

    1. Karl Popper & Open Society


    2. E-Government
    3. Open Infrastructure: Net Neutrality and the Layering Theory
    4. Digital Divide/Digital Inclusion

    Learning Outcomes of Session 7

     Understand the concept of the Open Society and the writings of Karl
    Popper on the subject
     Appreciate the role of E-Government
     Outline the functions of E-Government
     Understand commercial surveillance for data capture and trade
     Understand the concept of Layering
     Understand the concepts of the Digital Divide and Digital Inclusion

    Essential reading:

    The Open Society and its enemies Karl Popper (Routledge 2006) Chapter 1.
    See also the later Princeton edition (edited by Alan Ryan) 2013.

    Kariyawasam, Chapter 2 (Digital Divide) and Chapter 5 (Layering


    Theory), International Economic Law and the Digital Divide, Elgar 2009

    Kariyawasam, New WTO Trade Rules for Bits & Bytes, World Economic
    Forum/E-15 Digital Economy Group
    at https://arro.anglia.ac.uk/id/eprint/704968/

    Jones K, AI Governance and Human Rights—resetting the relationship,


    Chatham House paper, January 2023
    at https://www.chathamhouse.org/sites/default/files/2023-01/2023-01-10-AI-
    governance-human-rights-jones.pdfLinks to an external site.

    Roundtable on Digital Inclusion, UN Digital Inclusion briefing paper


    at https://www.un.org/techenvoy/sites/www.un.org.techenvoy/files/general/
    Definition_Digital-Inclusion.pdfLinks to an external site.

    UN Report of the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the


    right to freedom of opinion and expression, Frank La Rue, A/HRC/17/27
    at https://documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/G11/132/01/pdf/G11132
    01.pdf?OpenElementLinks to an external site.

    Suggested reading:

    Data Brokers in an Open Society (Open Society Foundations 2016)


    at: https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/sites/default/files/data-brokers-
    in-an-open-society-20161121.pdfLinks to an external site.

    Transparency & Silence (Open Society Foundations 2016)


    at: https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/sites/default/files/transparency_2
    0060928.pdfLinks to an external site.

    How we kept the Internet Open in Europe (Open Society Foundations)


    at: https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/voices/how-we-kept-internet-
    open-europeLinks to an external site.

    EU E-Government Action Plan 2016-2020 at: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-


    content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:52016DC0179&from=ENLinks to an
    external site.

    Seminar Questions:

    1. What does an Open Society mean in the Digital Economy?


    2. Is an Open Society of benefit to digital consumers or a hinderance?
    3. How can nation states provide for an open society?
    4. Who currently benefits from a trade in data?
    5. What risks to human rights does AI pose?
    6. How does the Layering Theory work? To what extent does the
    theory depend on predictive analytics? To what extent does the
    Layering Theory support an Open Society?
    7. How do we define Digital Inclusion? What relevance does a
    framework of human rights law mean for enhancing digital
    inclusion? What does intersectionality mean and why is this
    relevant to digital inclusion?

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