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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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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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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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iOL:Predatory behaviour toward minors is being normalised online, and you should be very concerned
The new report by the Centre for Analytics and Behavioural Change (CABC), which has revealed deeply troubling narratives and trends…
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SowetanLIVE:Normalisation of adult-minor sexual relations on the rise across social media platforms – Research
The Centre for Analytics and Behavioural Change (CABC) last week released a report titled The State of Child Predation Online, which analyses…
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Covid-Organics: How the debate played out on social media
While Africa applauded the first announcement of a remedy for Covid-19, the West was sceptical. Developed countries joined the World…
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The great debate: Covid-19 and how Africans are perceived
No other continent has suffered the level of racism and prejudice that Africa has, write Cameren Peter and Shivani Ghai,…
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IDIDTHAT Craft Awards August 2020 – IDIDTHAT.co
The IDIDTHAT Craft Awards for August were judged by CCO of FCB Africa, Tseliso Rangaka and Owner of Produce Sound,…
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Peak Of The Week: South Africa’s weekly trends report: 27 August – 3 September
This is a summary of the trending, highest impact, and most active themes and narratives identified in South African social…
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24 Hour Trend Report | 24 August 2020
This is a summary of the trending, highest impact, and most active themes and narratives related to social cohesion and…
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Coordinated attempt to manipulate xenophobia-centered conversations on SA social media’, CABC report shows
There is evidence of an active, co-ordinated attempt to manipulate social media conversations on xenophobia in South African, according to…
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24 hour trend report
This is a summary of the trending, highest impact, and most active themes and their narratives related to social cohesion…
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Xenophobic content in SA tweeted 120 times more since one toxic account was founded
The Lerato Pillay Twitter account and the #PutSouthAfricaFirst hashtag is the kindling to a deadly social media fire aimed at…
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‘Twitter being used to fuel anger against foreign nationals’
SOUTH Africans on social media, in particular Twitter, are being manipulated into supporting articially amplied anger against foreigners living in…
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24 hour trend report
This is a summary of the trending, highest impact, and most active themes and their narratives related to social cohesion…
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24 hour trend report
This is a summary of the trending, highest impact, and most active themes and their narratives related to social cohesion…
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24 hour trend report
This is a summary of the trending, highest impact, and most active themes and their narratives related to social cohesion…
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24 Hour Trend Report | 18 August 2020
This is a summary of the trending, highest impact, and most active themes and their narratives related to social cohesion…
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Xenophobic tweets likely an ‘organised network’ linked to one influential account, study reveals
Users keen to continue spreading xenophobic content even create throw-away accounts or pay other people to spread content, according to…
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Study blows lid open on xenophobic twitter network run by ulerato pillay
JOHANNESBURG – Over a decade after the first wave of widespread xenophobic attacks happened in South Africa, the country is…
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Study blows lid on xenophobic Twitter network run by ‘uLerato Pillay’
Study blows lid open on xenophobic PutSouthAfricansFirst Twitter network run by uLerato__pillay Reminiscent of the days of the UK's Bell…
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‘@uLerato_pillay: How the xenophobic network around #PutSouthAfricaFirst was born and then metastasised | Daily Maverick
South Africans on Twitter are witnessing the rise of an influential anti-immigrant lobby and thousands, captured by a make-believe character,…
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The week in social media | 17 – 21 August 2020
Every day we observe, dissect and analyse the news and information driving the conversations around the week’s most topical issues…
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The week in social media | 10 – 14 Aug
Every day we observe, dissect and analyse the news and information driving the conversations around the week’s most topical issues…
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Interim report on Xenophobia on South African Social Media
Investigating the content, users, and tracking the intentional promotion of xenophobic conversation. Download Report
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This week – African Investigative Journalism Conference, public sector workers demonstration and talk on ethical conduct in SA public schools
On Monday, 31 October, at 8.30am, the 18th African Investigative Journalism Conference kicked off in Johannesburg and will run until Wednesday,…
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ANALYSIS | Pushing for Lotto punters: Were there any ethical breaches in paid social media campaign?
Should advertisers be allowed to manipulate social media algorithms to get content to trend? Yossabel Chetty examines the ethics around a recent…
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Online discussions over Phala Phala theft were manipulated, report finds.
The CABC investigation analysed patterns of online engagements on social media platforms between June 1, 2022 and September 15, 2022….
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Phala Phala allegations spark non-stop online campaign to stoke dissent against Ramaphosa
The Phala Phala saga has remained prominent on social media for several months. The Centre for Analytics and Behavioural Change…
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Social media can be used to tackle thorny issue of GBV, data shows
The non-profit company hosted a webinar where experts delved into their strategy of using social media listening tools to explore…
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