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Behind the Screens in South Africa Challenges
Digital content creators have become increasingly influential actors within contemporary information ecosystems. Across social media platforms, creators inform, entertain, mobilise…
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Times network: Concerns about social media users discriminating against LGBTQIA+ people
A STUDY of more than 900,000 posts on different social media platforms has shown that there is an ever-increasing number…
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The Media Online: When news gets stolen – A watermark on faces to save journalism
Newzroom Afrika has notably deployed watermarks that obscure the faces of interviewees. A growing trend of social media accounts posting…
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Harmful LGBTQIA+ rhetoric becoming normalised on social media
The CABC analysed more than 909 000 posts published by over 156 000 unique users on X between June 2025…
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UNESCO: Build or Break- New campaign challenges young men to reject online misoginy in South Africa
South Africa’s Build or Break campaign urges young men to reject online misogyny and promote respect, dignity and equality in…
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Bizcommunity: #EndtfGBV: Build or Break challenges young men to reject toxic digital culture
A new South African campaign is placing men’s well-being at the centre of the conversation around online behaviour, challenging young…
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Daily News: New campaign in South Africa challenges online misogyny and promotes positive masculinity
A new initiative launched in South Africa aims to tackle the alarming surge of online misogyny and technology-facilitated gender-based violence…
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Talk Africa: Lost in Translation – How AI-powered Content Moderation Misses Online Abuse Against Kenyan Women
By Melisa Mong’ina Nairobi, Kenya: When Aidah Munzatsi posts a video on TikTok, she braces herself for the criticism that…
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Sunday Independent: Worsening urban water crisis shapes political narratives ahead of 2026 elections
As South Africa approaches the pivotal 2026 local government elections, a newly released factsheet by the Centre for Analytics and…
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Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit: Exploring how the internet fuels ideas of masculinity and challenges traditional norms, with insi…
Following the Netflix documentary Inside the Manosphere and the listener conversations it sparked, Lester Kiewit speaks to Kyle Janse, researcher…
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Factsheet on anti-immigrant social media conversation in South Africa
Social media has become a key space for anti-immigrant social media conversation in South Africa, shaping how people discuss migration,…
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Rosebank Killarney Gazette:The Centre for Analytics and Behaviour Change and Moxii Africa unite for Social Media 4 Peace project
The SM4P project seeks to enhance the resilience of societies against harmful online content. In a collaborative effort, the Centre…
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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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Ukraine and Russia: The West vs the rest?
A key point to note, however, is that not everyone who uses #IStandWithRussia and #IStandWithPutin does so in support of…
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Social media can be a force for good in a crisis: lessons from Lagos
Social media platforms can be used to share critically important information about disaster management. Read full article
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Social media mobilises xenophobic sentiment
There is no space for passive indignation while South Africa is torn apart by misguided militancy. Read full article
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“Organizing for the smart African city: Leveraging the urban commons for exerting the right to the city” in Organization Studies co-authored from our Executive Director, Camaren Peter and Camille Meyer
To accommodate the need for community engagement and place-based approaches in smart city agendas in Africa, we build on the…
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OPERATION HATRED: Putting xenophobia first: Analysing the hashtags behind the Twitter campaigns
Over several years, one hashtag has become prominent on social media for rallying behind a campaign calling on government and…
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Battle lines drawn over Sisulu
Many social media users have taken up firm positions to attack or defend Sisulu’s views, with others remaining neutral. Read…
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Medical Academic SA nurses share their COVID-19 experiences in hard-hitting video series | Medical Academic here are a few of the videos featuring SA nurses sharing their experiences during the COVID-19 outbreak:
Here are a few of the videos featuring SA nurses sharing their experiences during the COVID-19 outbreak: Watch full video
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Vaccine mis/disinformation weekly report #15
This Vaccine Mis/Disinformation report looks into the last four weeks of social mediaconversations. These were driven by: conspiracy theories, ways…
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Deep discontent: Fasten your seatbelts on the road to South Africa’s potential collapse
Just how far gone is South Africa? There isn’t one canary in the coal mine, but many, and they’re signalling…
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Vaccine mis/disinformation weekly report #13
This week’s Vaccine Mis/Disinformation report focuses on the social media conversations drivenby Ramaphosa’s positive COVID-19 test result, vaccine hesitancy, vaccine…
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Vaccine mis/disinformation weekly report #18
This week’s Mis/Disinformation report looks into social media conversation driven by: thepotential of a 5th wave, government changes to policies…
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Vaccine mis/disinformation weekly report #12
This week’s Vaccine Mis/Disinformation report focuses on the social media conversations drivenby the new Omicron variant, resistance against vaccine mandates,…
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The role of social media in the local government elections 2021
Camaren Peter, PhD, Executive Director of the Centre for Analytics and Behavioural Change (CABC) and Ebrahim Fakir , Director of…
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Media Release: Centre for Analytics and Behavioural Change creates PSA “Last Words” to combat vaccine hesitancy
A new public service announcement (PSA), “Last Words” has been launched on social media and will flight on DSTV, e.tv and…
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Vaccine mis/disinformation weekly report #11
This week’s Vaccine Mis/Disinformation report focuses on the social media conversations driven by the new Omicron variant, anti-vaxxer rhetoric, immunity,…
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Vaccine mis/disinformation weekly report #10
This week’s Vaccine Mis/Disinformation report focuses on the social media conversations drivenby vaccine mandates,”medical apartheid”, misinformation, mistrust and the potential…
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South Africa COVID-19 and vaccine social listening report 19 November 2021, Report 27 – 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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Vaccine mis/disinformation weekly report#9
This week’s Vaccine Mis/Disinformation report focuses on the social media conversations driven by vaccine mandates, vaccine safety, and vaccine alternatives….
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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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Life: ‘Needed interventions’: Google teams up with local business to promote online safety in Africa
Impact Accelerator launched the African Online Safety Platform, thanks to funding from Google Read full article
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Social TV: Africa Online Safety Platform launched in SA – Social TV
Impact Amplifier, with the financial support of Google.org, today launched its African Online Safety Platform (AOSP). The Africa Online Safety Platform…
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SowetanLIVE: ‘Anti-immigrants disinformation before polls a red flag’
The Centre for Analytics and Behavioural Change (CABC) has cautioned against the growing anti-immigration sentiments and the spread of disinformation…
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iol.co.za: ANC, Jacob Zuma and uMkhonto weSizwe the most talked about online
Most of the mentions have been the fracas between the ANC and its former president with as many as 85…
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BusinessLIVE: The evolution of values-based leadership
SPONSORED | Camaren Peter of UCT's Allan Gray Centre for Values-Based Leadership explains how our understanding of leadership has changed…
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