#publictrust — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #publictrust, aggregated by home.social.
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🚨 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
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/