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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…

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…

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,…

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…

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…

TEARS Training Academy raise concerns over the safety of young girls using social media #sabcnews

By Newsbreak Producer Shanell Daniel – Concerns have been raised for the safety of young girls using social media platforms….

How the conversation about the employment of immigrants at SA universities is being amplified online

Centre for Analytics and Behavioural Change Over the years, the South African online anti-immigrant narrative has drawn on several topics…

‘Make South Africa Great Again’ — Tracking the ‘movement’ online

Centre for Analytics and Behavioural Change Racial tensions on social media are flaring up, as minority groups call on US…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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.

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,…

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…

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…

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…

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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Beyond Borders report

October 31, 2023

The Centre for Analytics and Behavioural Change's Beyond Borders report provides a three-year overview of xenophobia in South Africa. It…

SowetanLIVE Parly awaits bill on quotas for hiring foreigners

October 10, 2023

As the ANC in Gauteng rallies for quotas on hiring of foreign nationals, the portfolio committee on labour says it…

Daily Maverick Climate change: A crisis and an opportunity for Africa

October 2, 2023

While climate change presents as a dire threat to Africa and its peoples, it is also a critical opportunity for…

Just Energy Transition

CABC/EU heCareZA Report 5

September 29, 2023

The 5th heCareZA report explores co-parenting and child abuse, value judgements based on dating behaviour, and the phenomenon of “simping”,…

Daily Maverick: Joburg fire disaster being used to fan flames of xenophobia ahead of 2024 elections

September 7, 2023

Scapegoating and disinformation about the fire spread rapidly. Various politicians blamed illegal immigrants and civil society organisations who had no…

news24: X Premium, South African law and what it means for you

September 5, 2023

A subscription-based service formerly known as BluTwittere, and now called X Premium, was introduced to allow anyone, not just celebrities…

IOL: Hashtags showing anti-immigrant sentiment likely artificially manipulated – research finds

September 5, 2023

Johannesburg – In a new report, the Centre for Analytics and Behavioural Change (CABC) found that the online conversations using…

Webinar: Centre for Analytics & Behavioural Change (CABC) & the Enhancing Accountability Technical Assistance Facility (TAF)

September 4, 2023

The Centre for Analytics & Behavioural Change (CABC) & the Enhancing Accountability Technical Assistance Facility (TAF) present key findings from…

Online conversations about corruption in South Africa

August 29, 2023

This social media analytics report focused on corruption conversations in South Africa covering the period 01 May 2023 – 30…

Xenophobia Social Media Analytics Report 4

August 29, 2023

The fourth instalment of our Xenophobia & Migrancy reporting series makes use of Nimmo's Coefficient of Traffic Manipulation (CTM) to…

OPINION | Camaren Peter: A tale of two countries – how SA’s psyche delineates along two dimensions

August 19, 2023

Camaren Peter reflects on the cases on two women – Lauren Dickason and Bongeko Buso – and how the two…

Daily Maverick – No matter what Elon Musk tweets about farm murders, two wrongs don’t make a white genocide

August 17, 2023

Elon Musk’s posts about a ‘white genocide’ and claims that white farmers are killed every day have no basis and…

heCareZA heCareZA Social Media Analytics Report 4

August 3, 2023

This social media analytics report focuses on misogynistic conversations in South Africa covering the month of June 2023. We present…

Blame ANC, not migrants for ills – Mashaba | The Citizen

July 6, 2023

ActionSA leader Herman Mashaba emphasises complex socio-economic challenges and criticises corruption, mismanagement, and the breakdown in border policing. Read…