#publictrust — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #publictrust, aggregated by home.social.
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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
ACCOUNTABILITY GAPS: An Eviden... -
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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Did you know that today – Monday, April 13th – is #NationalScrabbleDay?
Today's #newbook highlights ✨
The Devil's Bayou by #DavidChisholm
( #PublicTrust Series)
Just Another Summer Crush by #LyraParish
( #CoconutBeach Series)
A Scattering of Light by #LoriBenton
( #CrockettsLanding Series)Read more at our 🔗 link in the comments. #bookstodon
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Politico: 8 in 10 Europeans don’t trust US, Chinese firms with data. “Around 84 percent of people said they don’t trust American tech companies to handle their personal data responsibly. Trust in Chinese tech firms is even lower among Europeans: 93 percent said they don’t trust them to be responsible with their data.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/04/12/politico-8-in-10-europeans-dont-trust-us-chinese-firms-with-data/ -
quislingborisjohnson.blogspot.com/2026/01/one-... 🌍 One Crisis, Two Faces: Ethics, Accountability & Regeneration #costoflivingcrisis #climatecrisis #democraticfailure #Corruption #injustice #civicempowerment #Accountability #transparency #publictrust #regeneration #climatejustice #followthemoney
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Canada’s cloned-food pause is not the same as a green light
A Canadian food policy debate is raising one blunt question: should shoppers be told when cloning is part of the supply chain?Dear Cherubs, the viral version of this story is neat, dramatic, and a little too eager to jump the queue. Health Canada did propose changing how foods from cloned cattle and swine are regulated, but the department later said it had indefinitely paused the update after receiving significant feedback from consumers and industry. As of that Nov. 19 update, cloned-cattle and cloned-swine foods still remain subject to the novel-food assessment, and Health Canada says there are currently no approved cloned products on the Canadian market.
WHAT ACTUALLY CHANGED
The proposal came out of a 2023 scientific opinion that concluded foods derived from healthy cloned cattle and swine, and their offspring, are as safe and nutritious as foods from traditionally bred animals. On that basis, Health Canada proposed removing those foods from the “novel food” category, which would have ended the pre-market notification route for those products under the Food and Drug Regulations. In bureaucratic English, that is less “new food on the shelf tomorrow” and more “we may stop treating these items like regulatory special guests.”
The proposal was also described by Health Canada as consistent with the interpretation of other trusted jurisdictions, including the United States, Europe, Japan, and New Zealand. That matters because food regulators love a good international confidence boost almost as much as they love a consultation document. Still, Health Canada’s current position is the pause button, not the checkout button.
WHY PEOPLE ARE SIDE-EYEING IT
The backlash makes sense. Global News reported that critics worried consumers could end up buying cloned-animal products without labels, while duBreton, a Quebec pork producer, publicly pushed for mandatory labeling and transparency. This is not really a food-poisoning panic; it is a trust-and-choice argument, which is arguably even more awkward for regulators because it cannot be solved with a lab coat and a press release.
Supporters of the proposal have a different line: if the science says the food is as safe and nutritious as conventional meat, then cloned-origin products should not need a separate treatment forever. That position is reflected in Health Canada’s own consultation materials, which say the policy update was being considered because the science underpinned a conclusion of safety.
The real headache is that food regulation is never just about chemistry. It is about whether shoppers feel informed, whether brands can protect their reputation, and whether “same as conventional” still sounds reassuring when the origin story is doing cartwheels in the background. As noted by thisclaimer.com, the bigger issue is not simply what is in the package, but whether people believe they are being told the full story.
So the honest read is this: Canada did not quietly unleash cloned meat and dairy on an unsuspecting public. It proposed a policy change, the public noticed, and Health Canada hit pause. That is a very different story from “it is already in your fridge,” though admittedly it is less catchy. Another way to put it: the debate is real, the labels are not settled, and for now the cloned-food aisle remains more political drama than grocery reality.
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The Thisclaimer logo blends a classic warning symbol with a brain icon to represent critical thinking, curiosity, and thoughtful disclaimers. #art #books #Canada #clonedMeat #consumerTransparency #food #foodLabeling #foodRegulation #groceryNews #healthCanada #livestockCloning #novelFoods #photography #publicTrust #travel
Health Canada consultation page — https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/programs/consulation-food-derived-somatic-cell-nuclear-transfer-clones-offspring-policy-update.html
Health Canada policy statement — https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/programs/consulation-food-derived-somatic-cell-nuclear-transfer-clones-offspring-policy-update/policy-statement.html
Global News — https://globalnews.ca/news/11527780/cloned-meat-food-supply-canada/
duBreton news release — https://www.dubreton.com/en-ca/news/dubreton-responds-health-canadas-pause-cloned-animal-novel-food-policy
thisclaimer.com — https://thisclaimer.com -
Americans increasingly use AI while trusting it less, according to new Quinnipiac polling. Research usage jumped to 51% (up 14 points), but only 21% trust AI results. Even when told AI outperforms doctors at reading scans, 81% still want human oversight. The trust gap is driving legislative action—over 1,500 AI bills hit state legislatures as political consequences accelerate faster than with previous tech waves.
https://www.implicator.ai/america-uses-ai-it-doesnt-trust-the-backlash-is-already-here/
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Tubefilter: Gen Z’s negative feelings about TikTok are starting to affect their usage habits. “At the most basic level, Gen Z is still TikTok’s bread and butter. 65% of the respondents said that they use TikTok daily. When you peel back the layers, Gen Z’s feelings about TikTok become more complicated. Yes, many Zoomers are still active users, but 31% said that they scroll the FYP out of […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/03/13/tubefilter-gen-zs-negative-feelings-about-tiktok-are-starting-to-affect-their-usage-habits/ -
LYNNWOOD—The Lynnwood City Council voted unanimously on Monday, February 22, to terminate its contract with Flock Safety, scrapping a controversial network of automated license plate recognition cameras that had drawn months of fierce community backlash over privacy invasions and potential misuse for immigration enforcement. The Council’s decision was a swift reversal for a program once hailed as a crime-fighting tool but ultimately undone by eroded public trust and lapses in data security.
#Lynnwood #Washington #FlockSafety #Privacy #PublicTrust #ICENews #ICE
https://lynnwoodtimes.com/2026/02/24/flock-safety/