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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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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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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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PEAK OF THE WEEK: South Africa’s weekly trends report: 22 to 29 October | Daily Maverick
October 10, 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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OPINION | Hatred and fear in the ‘Place of Gold’: Dangerous anti-foreigner antipathy in Gauteng
October 8, 2020
The Covid-19 pandemic has exacerbated anti-foreigner sentiment in South Africa, especially in Gauteng, making the province ripe for another wave…
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Peak Of The Week: South Africa’s weekly trends report: 23 – 30 September
October 1, 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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Renewable Energy is not a nice-to-have, it’s a must if we are to save our economy.
September 29, 2020
SA has one of the most carbon intensive economies in the world and it’s threatening our exports and will weaken…
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UCT cyber analysts uncover campaign to promote xenophobia on Twitter-defenceWeb
September 11, 2020
There is a coordinated attempt to manipulate conversations with a xenophobic tone on South African social media platforms, analysts from…
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Xenophobic #PutSouthAfricansFirst accounts ‘fuelling social discord’ online
September 9, 2020
A surge in xenophobic rhetoric on Twitter has been observed, and the #PutSouthAfricansFirst tag is believed to be at the…
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UCT deep dive into xenophobia on Twitter
September 7, 2020
UCT’s Centre for Analytics and Behavioural Change has found evidence of attempts to manipulate conversations with a xenophobic tone on…
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Covid-Organics: How the debate played out on social media
September 6, 2020
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
September 6, 2020
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
September 4, 2020
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
September 3, 2020
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
August 24, 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
August 24, 2020
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
August 21, 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 content in SA tweeted 120 times more since one toxic account was founded
August 21, 2020
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’
August 21, 2020
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
August 20, 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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24 hour trend report
August 20, 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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24 hour trend report
August 19, 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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24 Hour Trend Report | 18 August 2020
August 18, 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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IOL: New report unpacks the online xenophobia conversation targeting foreigners
Cape Town – Research has found that the online anti-foreigner conversation continues to flourish, with proponents citing a number of…
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More than 80% of online posts show negative sentiment for foreigners
The consensus in the online conversation remains that foreigners are one of, if not the main reason, South Africa is…
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OPINIONISTA: We the people have the power to forge the democracy we want — but it will require an active citizenry
We are all complicit — whether by fault or default — in the widescale collapse that is unfolding in South…
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The same tool that is used to perpetuate misogyny, gender-based violence and inequality can be used to heal.
The same tool that is used to perpetuate misogyny, gender-based violence and inequality can be used to heal. Centre for…
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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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