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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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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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Bi-Weekly Social Listening Updates & Recommendations for Electoral Engagement #7
Sentiments that politicians would do anything for votes and that government could fix South Africa’s challenges if it wanted to,…
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Bi-Weekly Social Listening Updates & Recommendations for Electoral Engagement #6
The online elections conversation received more than 300,000 mentions between 2 April and 15 April 2024. The IEC's decision to…
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Press release 6: Online elections conversation
The online elections conversation received more than 300,000 mentions between 2 April and 15 April 2024. The IEC's decision to…
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Bi-Weekly Social Listening Updates & Recommendations for Electoral Engagement #5
The fifth bi-weekly election report relays narratives of foreign interference and electoral mis- and disinformation. The CABC also noted attempts…
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Bi-Weekly Social Listening Updates & Recommendations for Electoral Engagement #4
The EFF and MK Party have remained popular within the online elections conversation, which garnered more than 350,000 mentions on…
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16 days of activism against GBV lost its lustre?
The CABC found analysed the online conversation during the 16 days of activism period last year. Researchers found that online…
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Bi-Weekly Social Listening Updates & Recommendations for Electoral Engagement #3
The online elections conversation received more than 450,000 mentions between 12 and 29 February 2024. Among the biggest talking points…
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Impact Amplifier’s Africa Online Safety
Impact Amplifier's Africa Online Safety Fund Video by Google.org with Camaren Peter
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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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