#publictrust — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #publictrust, aggregated by home.social.
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The laptop, the social media user and the false alarm in Taiwan over a Beijing ‘spy’
A false espionage alarm about a Taipei subway user has fuelled concerns that growing fears of Beijing are…
#Conflict #Conflicts #War #Beijing #China #ChinaTaiwanConflicts #compoundinterest #falseespionagealarm #growingfears #mainlandChinesespy #misunderstanding #Nationalsecurity #Publictrust #scmp #socialmedia #Taipeisubwayuser #Taiwan
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https://www.europesays.com/people/214905/ OpenAI’s Sam Altman Sets Ambitious AI Goals Beyond Curing Cancer #AI #Americans #BloombergTelevision #cancer #CureCancer #DarioAmodei #OpenAICEO #people #PoliticalFlashPoint #power #PublicTrust #SamAltman #sight #Technology #world
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How AI‑powered policing is endangering the public’s trust in police
#Canada #AI #Police #Tech #RCMP #Policing #Surveillance #Privacy #Justice #Justice #AIEthics #Law #PublicTrust
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The Journal (Ireland): Meta, TikTok, YouTube and LinkedIn didn’t act on 77% of misinformation reported during Áras race. “SOCIAL MEDIA COMPANIES failed to act on the vast majority of electoral disinformation reported by researchers ahead of last year’s presidential election, a new report shows. The report also criticised the companies for not demonstrating an understanding of the context […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/08/27/the-journal-meta-tiktok-youtube-and-linkedin-didnt-act-on-77-of-misinformation-reported-during-aras-race/ -
🚨 Oh no, the Flock cameras were stolen! But fear not, the #WPD decided to "trust" the public instead of replacing them. 😂 Because who needs security when you have blind faith, right? 🙈
https://www.winonapost.com/news/wpd-wont-replace-stolen-flock-cameras-citing-public-trust/article_06a67859-2d97-414b-aa8f-d8751ad214bb.html #FlockCameras #Stolen #PublicTrust #SecurityHumor #BlindFaith #HackerNews #ngated -
🚨 Oh no, the Flock cameras were stolen! But fear not, the #WPD decided to "trust" the public instead of replacing them. 😂 Because who needs security when you have blind faith, right? 🙈
https://www.winonapost.com/news/wpd-wont-replace-stolen-flock-cameras-citing-public-trust/article_06a67859-2d97-414b-aa8f-d8751ad214bb.html #FlockCameras #Stolen #PublicTrust #SecurityHumor #BlindFaith #HackerNews #ngated -
🚨 Oh no, the Flock cameras were stolen! But fear not, the #WPD decided to "trust" the public instead of replacing them. 😂 Because who needs security when you have blind faith, right? 🙈
https://www.winonapost.com/news/wpd-wont-replace-stolen-flock-cameras-citing-public-trust/article_06a67859-2d97-414b-aa8f-d8751ad214bb.html #FlockCameras #Stolen #PublicTrust #SecurityHumor #BlindFaith #HackerNews #ngated -
🚨 Oh no, the Flock cameras were stolen! But fear not, the #WPD decided to "trust" the public instead of replacing them. 😂 Because who needs security when you have blind faith, right? 🙈
https://www.winonapost.com/news/wpd-wont-replace-stolen-flock-cameras-citing-public-trust/article_06a67859-2d97-414b-aa8f-d8751ad214bb.html #FlockCameras #Stolen #PublicTrust #SecurityHumor #BlindFaith #HackerNews #ngated -
🚨 Oh no, the Flock cameras were stolen! But fear not, the #WPD decided to "trust" the public instead of replacing them. 😂 Because who needs security when you have blind faith, right? 🙈
https://www.winonapost.com/news/wpd-wont-replace-stolen-flock-cameras-citing-public-trust/article_06a67859-2d97-414b-aa8f-d8751ad214bb.html #FlockCameras #Stolen #PublicTrust #SecurityHumor #BlindFaith #HackerNews #ngated -
(Peru) The cost of investigating those in power: the case of Harvey Colchado
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Flock Credibility Lost as It Repeatedly Lies to City Councils, Police, & Public
Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48986731
#HackerNews #FlockSafety #FlockCredibility #Lies #CityCouncils #PublicTrust
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Trump’s Electronic Voting Machine Claims: The Real Security Risks Explained
by Winston Wendell Voting Machines and Election Security Watching election security evolve has been a strange ride, especially when high-profile politicians start making claims that shake people’s confidence in the whole system. Lately, Donald Trump has been all over the idea that America’s electronic voting machines are just waiting to be hacked. That’s got a lot of election officials and cybersecurity pros on edge. But if you really dig into what he’s saying, his claims do more […] -
Police scandals are symptomatic of much larger issues
#Canada #Police #PoliceReform #Racism #RCMP #Montreal
#Accountability #PoliceMisconduct #Politics #PublicTrust
#CriminalJustice #PublicSafety #BlackCommunities #SystemicRacism #LawEnforcement
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echoesofgandhiintheanthropocene.blogspot.com/2026/07/acco... Accountability Gaps #Anti-Corruption #CivicEmpowerment #Democracy #DemocraticGovernance #Ethics #Evidencebasedpolicy #InstitutionalIntegrity #PublicTrust #Transparency
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:4sivhpo2an6off6obxrbc3oo/post/3mqm6n5wsgc2g
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Canadians not confident public service is prepared for the future
#Canada #Politics #PublicService #Government #Economy #PublicPolicy #MarkCarney #StateCapacity #PublicTrust #CivilService #Governance #Taxpayers #Trade #Leadership #Federal #Populism
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Let’s not let the focus on personality-driven politics make us forget the institutional responsibility owed to the taxpayer.
#TamilNaduPolitics #CivicGovernance #Accountability #PublicTrust #LocalBodyElections #Chennai #Democracy
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‘Your letter has been forwarded for consideration’: A health expert on 4 ways Ottawa and Alberta avoid accountability
#Alberta #Canada #Politics #Accountability #Democracy #Governance #PublicPolicy #Transparency #HealthPolicy #PublicTrust #CanadaHealthAct
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Trump’s America – Alone in a World That Is Moving On
Trump's America Alone examines how allies are building new partnerships while confidence in American leadership continues to erode.https://thedemocracyadvocate.com/news-to-know/trump-watch/trumps-america-alone/
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Political trust remains one of the biggest challenges facing democracies today.
The latest example involves Green Party leader Zack Polanski, who apologised after controversy surrounding houseboat council tax arrangements.
#Politics #UKNews #PoliticalScandal #Leadership #Democracy #Accountability #PublicTrust #TaxJustice #WorldNews
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Why doesn't this lead to Donald Trump's impeachment already? Has the Overton window widened so much that our sensibilities have become dull to the fact that this obvious slush fund makes every American endlessly taxable? Will someone please go stop the wrecking ball that is currently in motion before it wreaks further havoc? https://reason.com/2026/05/21/trumps-corruption-is-brazen-obvious-and-costly-will-enough-republicans-try-to-stop-him/
#DonaldTrump #accountability #corruption #cronyCapitalism #fraud #impeach #IRS #Jan6 #kleptocracy #publicTrust #slushFund #TrumpAdministration #USPol -
A recent study shows that updating #Wikipedia pages for scientific organizations significantly boosts public trust and credibility. When experts and editors actively improve these entries, readers view the institutions as far more trustworthy.
A fantastic reminder of why our editing community's work matters so much!
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PsyPost: Updating Wikipedia pages boosts public trust in scientific organizations, study finds. “A recent study published in the journal Anatomical Sciences Education has found that updating Wikipedia pages for scientific organizations improves public access to accurate information.”
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Nancy Pelosi says the goal is to win back the confidence of the American people.
That makes this less about one quote and more about whether political trust can still be rebuilt.
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A critical #analysis of #President @Abdirahmanirro’s #leadership in #Somaliland — from #Nepotism & #policy #contradictions to the #Borama riots & declining #PublicTrust shaping a contested #PoliticalLegacy.
https://saxafimedia.com/president-irro-legacy-nepotism-somaliland-trust/
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A quotation from Ambrose Bierce
CORRUPT, adj. In politics, holding an office of trust or profit.
Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914?) American writer and journalist
“Corrupt,” “Devil’s Dictionary” column, San Francisco Wasp (1881-10-07)More about this quote: wist.info/bierce-ambrose/83706…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #ambrosebierce #corruption #office #politicalcorruption #politics #publicoffice #publictrust
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Oversight fails when police investigate police
#Canada #Ontario #Police #Accountability #Justice #HumanRights #Transparency #Corruption #RCMP #OPP #Law #Society #Oversight #PublicTrust #Investigation #PoliceInvestigatePolice #Police
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Coding in the open: so many benefits; so few downsides!
https://gds.blog.gov.uk/2017/09/04/the-benefits-of-coding-in-the-open/
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> Public services are built with public money. So unless there’s a good reason not to do so, the code they’re based on should be made available for people to reuse and build on.
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Point 12 of the GOV.UK Service Standard:
> Make new source code open
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> Make all new source code open and reusable, and publish it under appropriate licences. Or if this is not possible, provide a convincing explanation of why this cannot be done for specific subsets of the source code.https://www.gov.uk/service-manual/service-standard/point-12-make-new-source-code-open
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OpenAI's policy chief links recent violence against Sam Altman to AI critic rhetoric, but Pew data reveals a deeper issue: only 17% of Americans expect positive AI impact over 20 years, compared to 56% of AI experts. This 39-point trust gap suggests the backlash extends far beyond activist groups to broader public concerns about governance and accountability.
#ArtificialIntelligence #AIPolicy #PublicTrust
https://www.implicator.ai/openai-pins-ai-backlash-on-doomers-as-public-trust-falls-to-17-percent/
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THIS WEDNESDAY - CPC-CG's Athina Vlachantoni is a speaker at 2025's final #NCRM #Data Resources Training Network webinar on 19 Nov:
'Exploring #digital life, #technology change and attitudes to #AI through national #datasets'
#intergenerational #digitalcommunication #ageing #ELSA #COVID19 #olderpeople #gendergap #familyrelationships #AISurveys #roboticcare #largelanguagemodels #sampling #surveydesign #quantitativeresearch #mixedmethods #publictrust #AIpolicy
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‘Campaign financing and election spending was last regulated in 2000. Yet both major parties continue to rely on a handful of large donors granting them privileged access to power, and undermining public trust in political institutions. Jonathan Hopkin and Stuart Wilks-Heeg argue the next government needs to reform the current regulation on party financing, even if it will be against its short-term interest.’ https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy/party-campaign-financing-needs-reform/ With no respect for those who study politics, the political parties have dug a hole which threatens to bury them and us in it. #PublicTrust #FascistCults #StopFascism #EndTheEcocideEmpire #EthicalRights #InterestsDemocracy #TheFederation
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A Comment on the Aquila Back Forty Wetland Permit
An Aquila Resources map outlines the wetlands that will be impaired by its open pit sulfide mine on the Menominee River.Earlier this morning, I sent this comment on the Aquila Resources Back Forty Wetland Permit to the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality. Public comments may be submitted here until February 2nd.
To the MDEQ:
You have probably already received a number of comments on the Back Forty Mine wetland permit application from people who live out of state, as I do. Some of those opposed to sulfide mining on the Menominee River live on the Wisconsin side, just across or downstream from the proposed mine site. Others, across the country and around the world, are deeply concerned about the cumulative effects the current leasing, exploration, and sulfide mining boom around Lake Superior will have, and are alarmed to see federal and state regulatory agencies abdicating their responsibilities to the American public in order to do the bidding of foreign mining companies.
Denying the wetland permit is the only prudent and responsible course for MDEQ to take.
As the organization American Rivers noted when it placed the Menominee River on its list of “most endangered” rivers in 2017, the Aquila Resources Back Forty project poses a “significant threat” of acid mine drainage to the river, and to the “cultural and natural resources of the Upper Peninsula, Wisconsin, and the Great Lakes Region.” Allowing Aquila to destroy or compromise area wetlands to construct its mine will only heighten the risk of large scale environmental catastrophe.
The risk is compounded by both regulatory and scientific uncertainty. As you are well aware, the Menominee Tribe maintains that the MDEQ lacks authority to issue this permit, because under provisions of the Clean Water Act the Menominee River and its wetlands are federal waters. This question remains unsettled. In the meantime, a third party, independent review of Aquila’s wetland permit application found errors and inconsistencies regarding the company’s findings on groundwater drawdown and the mine’s feasibility analysis. The wetland permit application you are considering is either flawed, because the people who filed it are incompetent, or misleading, because they have something to hide.
Deceit might be Aquila’s best strategy at this point. The Back Forty project has no claim to social license — none. The Menominee and other Wisconsin tribes have been adamant in their opposition. Local residents are overwhelmingly opposed as well. Of the 90 people who had the opportunity to speak at the January 23rd public hearing in Stephenson, only 4 could muster an argument for the mine, mainly because they put stock in the vague promise of “jobs” made by mining proponents. The rest — 86 out of 90, or 95 percent — stood in opposition to the mine.
Even if Aquila is not deliberately misleading the MDEQ and the public, the Canadian company has demonstrated time and again that it is not a responsible steward of Michigan or Menominee lands. In archaeological surveys of the region, for instance, Aquila claims to have uncovered nothing of “historical significance.” That is telling. These surveys have found nothing because they fail, or refuse to see, the significant Menominee history and culture that is right in front of their eyes. As tribal members have made repeatedly clear, Menominee history, ancestry, and culture begin and end in the river, the land, and the forest. What is historically significant or meaningful is not merely a collection of artifacts; it is a way of life and a deep connection to place. The Back Forty Mine threatens to destroy that connection.
In sum, the wetland permit application is flawed, the company has no social license to operate, and allowing the Back Forty to go forward would violate the public trust.
Postscript: On Monday, 4 June, Michigan DEQ Director Heidi Grether granted this wetlands permit, despite the DEQ’s own findings that the Aquila Resources project will likely cause “an unacceptable disruption to the aquatic resources of the State…and that the activities associated with the project are not consistent with the permitting criteria for an acceptable impact to the resources regulated under Parts 301, Inland Lakes and Streams, and Part 303, Wetlands Protection.” The permit DEQ issued — over its own objections — includes 28 pages of special conditions. It’s unclear why the DEQ did not simply deny the permit, as its findings warranted and in keeping with EPA objections to the Aquila application. More here.
#AmericanRivers #AquilaResources #BackFortyMine #BackFortyProject #CleanWaterAct #culturalResources #environmentalStewardship #federalWaters #historicalSignificance #history #MDEQ #MenomineeRiver #MenomineeTribe #MichiganDepartmentOfEnvironmentalQuality #mining #mostEndangeredRivers #publicHearing #PublicTrust #UNDRIP #UnitedNationsDeclarationOnIndigenousRights #UpperPeninsula #Water #WatersOfTheUnitedStates #wetlands #WOTUS