Protecting the Pillars: Upholding Trust in Public Service Imagine a world where everything you hear or see about your government is tainted by doubt, suspicion, or outright fabrication. Where crucial public health campaigns are dismissed as hoaxes, economic initiatives are ridiculed as scams, and the very people dedicated to serving the nation are painted as incompetent or corrupt. This isn’t a fictional dystopia; it’s a very real concern for public service departments around the globe, and it’s precisely why figures like Datuk Mohd Shaiful Ibrahim, the Public Service Department (PSD) deputy director-general (Operations), are speaking out. The Threat of Digital…

It’s like this massive, popular kid in school, TikTok, who everyone looks up to for cool videos and trendy challenges, has been telling everyone they’re super serious about saving the planet. They’ve been shouting from the rooftops about going green, fighting climate change misinformation, and only promoting sustainable stuff. But then, quietly, they went and sponsored a party for a bunch of people who think global warming is a hoax – people who argue we need more fossil fuels and that environmental concerns are just “eco-extremism.” This happened just recently in Ottawa, Canada, at a gathering for a conservative group…