Unit 4: 4 Contexts
Topic 4.6: Political Questions
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Discuss the opportunities and dilemmas of using online voting for local council elections.
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Evaluate a law giving citizens the right to challenge a decision made about them by an automated system.
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A city launches an app that reminds young people to register and vote. Explain **one** reason why the app may not increase the number of young people voting.
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A country has passed a law that lets people find out when a loan decision was made by artificial intelligence and ask for a human to review it. Evaluate this law.
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Discuss the opportunities and dilemmas of letting citizens living abroad vote online in national elections.
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With reference to Source C, state the rule Country A applies to drone footage of private gardens.
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Outline why digital technologies are difficult to regulate.
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With reference to Source B, suggest **two** rules that would restore accountability for political advertising.
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Evaluate a requirement that anybody paid to promote a financial product online must say so prominently.
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With reference to Source C, state what Country A requires before a drone flies over residential land.
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Evaluate regulating artificial intelligence by the level of risk of its use.
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Explain **one** reason why a law about a named technology may quickly become ineffective.
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With reference to Source C, state **one** difference between the two countries' rules on drone footage.
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Identify **two** ways digital technologies are used in political campaigns.
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Identify **two** benefits of digital government services for citizens.
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Identify **two** features of political advertising online that differ from advertising on television.
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Explain **one** reason why targeted political advertising is difficult to scrutinise.
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Explain **one** reason why moving a public service online can disadvantage some of the people who use it.
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Identify **two** forms that digital conflict between states can take.
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Explain **one** way in which digitalizing a government service can remove a form of accountability.
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