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Free expression? Meta’s decision to scrap fact-checkers poses risks

Free expression? Meta’s decision to scrap fact-checkers poses risks

Centre for Analytics and Behavioural Change Meta’s decision to remove fact-checkers from its platforms and replace them with user-generated community…
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Legal Ethics, Education and AI: Where do we generate the line?

Legal Ethics, Education and AI: Where do we generate the line?

Kyle Janse On the 30th of November 2022, a free-to-use generative artificial intelligence chatbot, namely ChatGPT, was launched and made…
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CABC does battle in online war  between fact and fiction

CABC does battle in online war between fact and fiction

CABC does battle in online war between fact and fiction   The Centre for Analytics and Behavioural Change (CABC) is…
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Pan-African News Wire| South Africa: Who’s Behind 16 Days of Activism Online?

Pan-African News Wire| South Africa: Who’s Behind 16 Days of Activism Online?

The 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence is an annual international campaign that kicks off on 25 November, the…
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The South African: Are there snippets of the disinformation playbook in SA?

The South African: Are there snippets of the disinformation playbook in SA?

Online disinformation thrives on divisive issues like unemployment, inequality and crime in South Africa. In this article, researcher Molebogeng Mokoka…
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FRIDAY BRIEFING | Posioned food crisis: Is closing spaza shops the answer? | News24

FRIDAY BRIEFING | Posioned food crisis: Is closing spaza shops the answer? | News24

The blame is being laid on spaza shops for children's deaths when there is no political will to deal with…
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Gender Norms, Smile FM 25/11 With Kyle Janse

Gender Norms, Smile FM 25/11 With Kyle Janse

The Center for Analytics and Behavioral Change has released its latest report, Social Norms about Gender on South African Twitter.
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Smile 90.4FM: Digital Activism and Disinformation

Smile 90.4FM: Digital Activism and Disinformation

Camaren Peters joins Benito Vergotine on Smile 90.4FM to talk about Digital Activism and Disinformation. They discuss the collusion between digital activism and disinformation,…
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Daily Maverick: Roman Cabanac punted nuclear deal on Rosatom freebie to Russia

Daily Maverick: Roman Cabanac punted nuclear deal on Rosatom freebie to Russia

Newly appointed chief of staff for the Ministry of Agriculture Roman Cabanac’s engagements with Russia are not only online. He…
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Daily Maverick: What South Africans need from political leaders – Courage and commitment to peace

Daily Maverick: What South Africans need from political leaders – Courage and commitment to peace

he May 2024 elections that caused a seismic shift in power may leave the impression that there is very little…
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iono.fm: Democratic participation, civic education and the GNU

iono.fm: Democratic participation, civic education and the GNU

In this episode, Associate Professor Camaren Peter, Executive Director at the CABC sits down with Wellington Radu, who is the…
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IOL: Miss SA beauty pageant dominates anti-immigrant conversation in July, report reveals

IOL: Miss SA beauty pageant dominates anti-immigrant conversation in July, report reveals

The Centre for Analytics and Behavioural Change (CABC) has revealed that the online conversation about former Miss SA contestant Chidimma…
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Media update: Sesame Workshop Launches ‘Bond Through Play’ Campaign

Media update: Sesame Workshop Launches ‘Bond Through Play’ Campaign

Takalani Sesame has launched its 'Bond Through Play' campaign, which aims to encourage fathers to bond with their children. The…
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Fact Check: Goolammv ‘unmasking’ raises more questions than it answers

Fact Check: Goolammv ‘unmasking’ raises more questions than it answers

Independent Media’s alleged “unmasking” of various members of the public in hopes of revealing the identity of the person behind…
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Project spotlights the critical role of Fathers in the lives of their children

Project spotlights the critical role of Fathers in the lives of their children

By Esther Schippers Positive relationships with fathers or male caregivers and an environment free of violence are hugely valuable investments…
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Unite against xenophobia

Unite against xenophobia

The CABC's team of analysts discovered that xenophobic narratives were on the increase after lockdown. The film, created by the…
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Democratic participation, civic education and the Government (GNU )

Democratic participation, civic education and the Government (GNU )

In this episode, Associate Professor Camaren Peter, Executive Director at the CABC sits down with Wellington Radu, who is the…
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Monthly Social Listening Updates & Recommendations for online conversations about immigrants in South Africa: June 2024

Monthly Social Listening Updates & Recommendations for online conversations about immigrants in South Africa: June 2024

This report provides an overview of online conversations about immigrants in South Africa for the month of June 2024. This…
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SowetanLIVE Parly awaits bill on quotas for hiring foreigners

SowetanLIVE Parly awaits bill on quotas for hiring foreigners

As the ANC in Gauteng rallies for quotas on hiring of foreign nationals, the portfolio committee on labour says it…
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SMILE FM The Honest Truth Euston Witbooi speaks about how anti immigrant sentiment

SMILE FM The Honest Truth Euston Witbooi speaks about how anti immigrant sentiment

SMILE FM The Honest Truth Euston Witbooi speaks about how anti immigrant sentiment, May 4, 2023 Listen to the full interview
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iono.fm: Democratic participation, civic education and the GNU

iono.fm: Democratic participation, civic education and the GNU

In this episode, Associate Professor Camaren Peter, Executive Director at the CABC sits down with Wellington Radu, who is the…
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IOL: Miss SA beauty pageant dominates anti-immigrant conversation in July, report reveals

IOL: Miss SA beauty pageant dominates anti-immigrant conversation in July, report reveals

The Centre for Analytics and Behavioural Change (CABC) has revealed that the online conversation about former Miss SA contestant Chidimma…
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Media update: Sesame Workshop Launches ‘Bond Through Play’ Campaign

Media update: Sesame Workshop Launches ‘Bond Through Play’ Campaign

Takalani Sesame has launched its 'Bond Through Play' campaign, which aims to encourage fathers to bond with their children. The…
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Fact Check: Goolammv ‘unmasking’ raises more questions than it answers

Fact Check: Goolammv ‘unmasking’ raises more questions than it answers

Independent Media’s alleged “unmasking” of various members of the public in hopes of revealing the identity of the person behind…
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Monthly Social Listening Updates & Recommendations for online conversations about immigrants in South Africa #5

Monthly Social Listening Updates & Recommendations for online conversations about immigrants in South Africa #5

This report provides an overview of conversations about immigrants in South Africa for the month of August 2024. Key events…
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Social Media Narratives of Ever-Partnered Violence Against Women and Children

Social Media Narratives of Ever-Partnered Violence Against Women and Children

This iteration of the CABC's reports on GBV and Misogyny covers online narratives around ever-partnered women aged 16 and above…
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Monthly Social Listening Updates & Recommendations for online conversations about immigrants in South Africa #4

Monthly Social Listening Updates & Recommendations for online conversations about immigrants in South Africa #4

This report provides an analysis of online discourse surrounding immigration in South Africa for the month of July 2024. Key…
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Gender-Based Violence and Misogyny Analytics Fact Sheet – 1 June 1 – 30

Gender-Based Violence and Misogyny Analytics Fact Sheet – 1 June 1 – 30

The first in a series of factsheets concerned with Gender-Based Violence and Misogyny analysed social media data from June 1…
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Democratic participation, civic education and the Government (GNU )

Democratic participation, civic education and the Government (GNU )

In this episode, Associate Professor Camaren Peter, Executive Director at the CABC sits down with Wellington Radu, who is the…
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Monthly Social Listening Updates & Recommendations for online conversations about immigrants in South Africa: June 2024

Monthly Social Listening Updates & Recommendations for online conversations about immigrants in South Africa: June 2024

This report provides an overview of online conversations about immigrants in South Africa for the month of June 2024. This…
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Bi-Weekly Social Listening Updates & Recommendations for Electoral Engagement #10

Bi-Weekly Social Listening Updates & Recommendations for Electoral Engagement #10

The 10th bi-weekly electoral factsheet identified nearly 800,000 mentions related to the post electoral period in South Africa. Analysing the…
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Monthly Social Listening Updates & Recommendations for online conversations about immigrants in South Africa #2

Monthly Social Listening Updates & Recommendations for online conversations about immigrants in South Africa #2

This social listening report focuses on online conversations about immigrants in South Africa for the month of May 2024. It…
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Promoting Democracy and an Equitable Society: Xenophobia  Social Media Analytics Report 8

Promoting Democracy and an Equitable Society: Xenophobia Social Media Analytics Report 8

This report, the eighth in the "Promoting Democracy and an Equitable Society" series, focuses on how governance of immigration to…
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Bi-Weekly Social Listening Updates & Recommendations for Electoral Engagement #9

Bi-Weekly Social Listening Updates & Recommendations for Electoral Engagement #9

Conversation around the national election garnered over a million online mentions from May 24 to 31, 2024. This fact sheet…
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Russian Twitter Influence  In South Africa: The Kremlin’s in the System

Russian Twitter Influence In South Africa: The Kremlin’s in the System

As researchers throughout Africa seek to understand the social media landscape better, many have focused on Russian interference on social…
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Labour Force Equality Social Media Analytics Fact Sheet

Labour Force Equality Social Media Analytics Fact Sheet

This fact sheet accompanies Report 9 in our series of Gender-Based Violence and Misogyny social media analytics reporting, with this…
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Bi-Weekly Social Listening Updates & Recommendations for Electoral Engagement #8

Bi-Weekly Social Listening Updates & Recommendations for Electoral Engagement #8

The online elections conversation received more than 350,000 mentions between 1 and 14 May 2024. The DA’s election ad, which…
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From RET to MK Party The mobilisation of existing communities to drive political messaging

From RET to MK Party The mobilisation of existing communities to drive political messaging

Since December 2023, the CABC noticed a rapid increase in the popularity of the newly formed MK party online. With…
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Monthly Social Listening Updates & Recommendations for online conversations about immigrants in South Africa #1

Monthly Social Listening Updates & Recommendations for online conversations about immigrants in South Africa #1

This report provides an overview of conversations about immigrants in South Africa for the month of April 2024. As the…
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Labour Force Equality: Perspectives & Stereotypes Social Media Analytics Report

Labour Force Equality: Perspectives & Stereotypes Social Media Analytics Report

Report 9 in our series of Gender-Based Violence and Misogyny social media analytics reporting unpacks inequality in the labour force….
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Gender Norms, Smile FM 25/11 With Kyle Janse

The Center for Analytics and Behavioral Change has released its latest report, Social Norms about Gender on South African Twitter.
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Smile 90.4FM: Digital Activism and Disinformation

Camaren Peters joins Benito Vergotine on Smile 90.4FM to talk about Digital Activism and Disinformation. They discuss the collusion between digital activism and disinformation,…
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Daily Maverick: Roman Cabanac punted nuclear deal on Rosatom freebie to Russia

Newly appointed chief of staff for the Ministry of Agriculture Roman Cabanac’s engagements with Russia are not only online. He…
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Daily Maverick: What South Africans need from political leaders – Courage and commitment to peace

he May 2024 elections that caused a seismic shift in power may leave the impression that there is very little…
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iono.fm: Democratic participation, civic education and the GNU

In this episode, Associate Professor Camaren Peter, Executive Director at the CABC sits down with Wellington Radu, who is the…
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