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Kirsten Peason on How Viral Misinformation Is Endangering South Africans | #AfricaWorldHour
False posts targeting TV presenter Pabi Moloi have reignited concerns about the real-world harm caused by viral misinformation in South…
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Smile FM The Honest Truth with Benito Vergotine: Mapping Child Predation Online
Smile 90.4FM The Honest Truth with Benito Vergotine, Uncovers how mainstream platforms have become enablers of child exploitation, with senior…
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Smile FM The Honest Truth with Benito Vergotine: Mapping Child Predation Online
Smile 90.4FM The Honest Truth with Benito Vergotine, Uncovers how mainstream platforms have become enablers of child exploitation, with senior…
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UNESCO: Social Media 4 Peace – Building a digital shield for South Africa
South Africa’s new UNESCO–EU coalition unites media, civil society and regulators to curb online harm and turn digital spaces into…
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Daily Maverick: Viral lies, real consequences — the price of Facebook’s inaction
TV presenter Pabi Moloi’s ordeal exemplifies the broader failure of social media platforms, including Facebook, to adequately regulate the spread…
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ECR: SA researchers alarmed over spread of child sexual abuse material on social media
South African researchers have sounded the alarm over the spread of child sexual abuse material on social media platforms. …
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allAfrica.com Kenya: Tiktok Hosts Multi-Stakeholder Safety Roundtables in Kenya As It
As part of its ongoing commitment to safety and inclusivity,TikTok, in partnership with the Centre for Analytics and Behavioural Change…
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Sandton Chronicle: Roundtable highlights abuse of women journalists
At a recent roundtable, SA media leaders demanded accountability from tech giants over harassment, bias, and AI abuse. Read the…
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Talk Africa Silencing the Screens: TikTok, Tech Experts Unite with Kenyan Media to End Online Abuse of Women
TalkAfrica is an online publication established by the Association of Freelance Journalists (AFJ) – Kenya, whose content is written Freelance…
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Citizen Digital: Women in media call for stronger protection against online abuse
In the recent past, women journalists and creators in Kenya have increasingly become a target for tech-facilitated gender-based violence (TFGBV)…
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Peoples Gazette Nigeria: TikTok moves to curb tech-facilitated gender-based violence
Ms Mkhize said that as the digital landscape evolves, women and vulnerable communities continue to face unique online threats. Read…
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TikTok, CABC to tackle online gender-based violence in Nigeria
TikTok and the Centre for Analytics and Behavioural Change (CABC) held a roundtable in Lagos to address the pressing issue…
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TikTok, CABC hold Women-in-Media safety roundtables in Lagos, Abuja
TikTok and the Centre for Analytics and Behavioural Change (CABC) held a roundtable in Lagos to address the pressing issue…
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TikTok, CABC host safety roundtables in Lagos, Abuja
The officials say the goal is to build lasting partnerships and empower women to participate freely and securely in digital…
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Editors’ forum calls on social media companies to stop attacks on women journalists
The executive director of the South African National Editors' Forum says online violence against journalists, especially women reporters, has become…
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East Coast Radio :SA researchers sound alarm over spread of child pornographic material on social media
South African researchers have sounded the alarm over the spread of child pornographic material on social media platforms. The Center…
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Smile 90.4FM The Honest Truth: Digital platforms by design are enabling child predation. 4/8/25
Researcher Kyle Jenssen from The Center for Analytics and Behavioral Change joins Smile 90.4FM The Honest Truth to confront a…
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Heart FM: New research raises concerns about increased child predation on social media
A new report by the Center for Analytics and Behavioral Change has raised serious concerns about child predation on social…
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SABC NEWS: concerns over ‘sexualisation of minors’
The Centre for Analytics and Behavioural Change (CABC), which has revealed deeply troubling narratives and trends regarding child sexual exploitation,…
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Tackling vaccine hesitancy
TACKLING VACCINE HESITANCY By Dr Juno Thomas Head of the Centre for Enteric Diseases Mental Health Matters, Volume 8, No…
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South African team in global spotlight
A group of South African social activists has gained international recognition for two public campaigns against Gender Based Violence (GBV)…
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South Africa COVID-19 and vaccine social listening report 12 November 2021, Report 26
This is a weekly report of Covid & vaccine sentiment, rumours & misinformation in SA. Further info here. This is…
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COVID-19 vaccine mis/disinformation weekly report #8– 11 November 2021
The first section of this week’s Vaccine Mis/Disinformation Report includes an analytics review and discusses proposed responses to several key…
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CICLOPE Africa – Winners 2021
We are happy to announce the winners for CICLOPE Africa 2021! After three rounds of judging in which the Executive Jury discussed the…
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South Africa COVID-19 and vaccine social listening report 5 November 2021, Report 25 – SA corona virus online portal
This is a weekly report of COVID & vaccine sentiment, rumours & misinformation in SA. Further info here Read full…
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COVID-19 Vaccine mis/disinformation weekly report #7– 4 November 2021
The first section of this week’s Vaccine Mis/Disinformation Report includes an analytics review and discusses proposed responses to several key…
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COVID-19 Vaccine mis/disinformation weekly report #6 – 28 October 2021
The first section of this week’s Vaccine Mis/Disinformation Report includes an analytics review and discusses proposed responses to several key…
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The honest truth – Smile FM – 26 Oct 2021 allocated to: vaccine
Stuart Jones interviewed on The Honest Truth to discuss vaccine trends
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Sub-Saharan Africa: What is driving Covid-19 vaccine hesitancy?
An August 11th World Bank blog post written by an impressive group of experts in health and economics gathered a wealth of…
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Political parties unphased by moral and ethical crisis they face in public perception, report finds
A report has found that political parties appear unphased by the moral and ethical crisis they face in public perception…
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South Africa COVID-19 and vaccine social listening report 21 October 2021, Report 23 – SA corona virus online portal
This is a weekly report of COVID & vaccine sentiment, rumours & misinformation in SA read full article
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COVID-19 Vaccine mis/disinformation weekly report #5
This first part of this week’s Vaccine Mis/Disinformation report discusses the top topics of the week which demonstrated an increase…
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The Jet Set Breakfast the vaccine trust spectrum segmentation report
The vaccine trust spectrum segmentation report Listen to the interview
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#PutSouthAfricansFirst peddling malicious, divisive untruths about human trafficking
The Centre for Analytics and Behavioural Change has been tracking conversations on social media around missing persons and #HumanTrafficking This…
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Vaccine mis/disinformation weekly report #4
This week’s Vaccine Mis/Disinformation report focuses on the social media conversations drivenlargely by vaccine procrastinators/neutrals. Download full report
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South Africa COVID-19 and vaccine social listening report 13 October 2021, Report 22 – SA corona virus online portal
This is a weekly report of COVID & vaccine sentiment, rumours & misinformation in SA. Further info here. Read full…
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Vaccine trust spectrum report media release
THE VAX DIVIDECitizens of several sub-Saharan countries are widely divided over their level of trustin Covid-19 vaccinations… Read full report
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Four Covid-19 vaccine myths you shouldn’t believe
A recent report by states that misleading information and untrue claims around Covid-19 vaccines drive a very dangerous narrative. Read…
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Daily Maverick Climate change: A crisis and an opportunity for Africa
While climate change presents as a dire threat to Africa and its peoples, it is also a critical opportunity for…
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Daily Maverick: Joburg fire disaster being used to fan flames of xenophobia ahead of 2024 elections
Scapegoating and disinformation about the fire spread rapidly. Various politicians blamed illegal immigrants and civil society organisations who had no…
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news24: X Premium, South African law and what it means for you
A subscription-based service formerly known as BluTwittere, and now called X Premium, was introduced to allow anyone, not just celebrities…
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IOL: Hashtags showing anti-immigrant sentiment likely artificially manipulated – research finds
Johannesburg – In a new report, the Centre for Analytics and Behavioural Change (CABC) found that the online conversations using…
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Webinar: Centre for Analytics & Behavioural Change (CABC) & the Enhancing Accountability Technical Assistance Facility (TAF)
The Centre for Analytics & Behavioural Change (CABC) & the Enhancing Accountability Technical Assistance Facility (TAF) present key findings from…
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