Smart cities need citizen participation, robust data protection, non-discrimination and AI governance to effectively address the challenges of ever-changing technologies, function creep and political apathy.
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For contemporary societies, digital democracy provides a key concept that denotes the relationship between collective self-government and mediating digital infrastructures.
Net neutrality consultations that tap into networked publics rest on a thin version of participation that maintains existing inequality.
Participatory democracy
Internet: Finland running ahead on access and democracy
After a first on Slovenia , here is our second in our series on internet policy innovation in small European countries. Finns are moving fast and experimenting with crowdsourced legislation.
eGovernment
New eGovernment models embrace crowd sourcing
In early December 2012, the European Commission released a study on collaborative eGovernment . Drawing on case studies, the 150-page report makes policy recommendations to foster citizen participation in eGov. But how can companies do their share in ‘participatory eGov’?
