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Smile 90.4FM The Honest Truth: Digital platforms by design are enabling child predation. 4/8/25

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

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’

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

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

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

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

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

‘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…
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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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Xenophobia Social Media Analytics: Report 2

Xenophobia Social Media Analytics: Report 2

This social media analytics report focused on xenophobic conversations in South Africa covering the period 01 March 2023 – 31…
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Data & Analytics on South Africa’s  #NationalShutDown

Data & Analytics on South Africa’s #NationalShutDown

In this episode of iAfrikan BYTES, we're joined by Molebogeng Mokoka and Euston Witbooi from The Centre for Analytics and…
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Social media ‘guns for hire’ – Xenophobic rhetoric intended to manipulate SA

Social media ‘guns for hire’ – Xenophobic rhetoric intended to manipulate SA

It appears, according to a report, that social media discussions on xenophobia are being manipulated, and that around 80 dormant…
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Study blows lid on xenophobic Twitter network run by ‘uLerato Pillay’

Study blows lid on xenophobic Twitter network run by ‘uLerato Pillay’

Over a decade after the first wave of widespread xenophobic attacks happened in South Africa, the country is still fraught…
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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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Fake News | TJR Blog

Fake News | TJR Blog

Social media has made it easier for us to keep in touch with our loved ones and also gave us…
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GBV Reflections Short Film

GBV Reflections Short Film

South Africa has the highest levels of gender-based violence in the world, with intimate partner violence being the most common….
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How technology is making it easier to manipulate people | Cape Talk

How technology is making it easier to manipulate people | Cape Talk

Guest: Prof Camaren Peter Director at Centre for Analytics and Behavioural Change talks with Cape Talk's John Maytham on the…
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Social media may deepen understanding of GBV: report

Social media may deepen understanding of GBV: report

New report on GBV and social media looks at how AKA’s death was treated on Twitter.   To read the…
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Book review – Disinformation in the Global South – Written by Yossabel Chetty

Book review – Disinformation in the Global South – Written by Yossabel Chetty

Written by Yossabel Chetty One thing that the COVID-19 pandemic has made clear is that we are under a serious…
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Book review – Disinformation in the Global South – Written by Yossabel Chetty

Written by Yossabel Chetty One thing that the COVID-19 pandemic has made clear is that we are under a serious…
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Caolan Robertson – Part 1 of 3. farmlands – The Making of a Misleading ‘Documentary’ | CABC Podcast

Caolan Robertson – Part 1 of 3. farmlands – The Making of a Misleading ‘Documentary’ | CABC Podcast

Caolan Robertson (pronounced “kay-lin) was one of the central figures in making right-wing politics mainstream, he worked with people like…
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Caolan Robertson – Part 3 of 3. What Next? A Conversation about Addressing ‘Fake News’ in the Future | CABC Podcast

The final conversation with Caolan is a conversation about solutions, and about the future. Caolan has a unique perspective on…
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Book review – Disinformation in the Global South – Written by Yossabel Chetty

Written by Yossabel Chetty One thing that the COVID-19 pandemic has made clear is that we are under a serious…
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HeCareZa Social media analytics: Report 2

HeCareZa Social media analytics: Report 2

This  report details the interactions between men and women on South African Twitter between 1 February – 28 February 2023.The…
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National Shutdown Deep Dive Report

National Shutdown Deep Dive Report

The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) mobilised a protest on 20 March 2023 to demand electricity and to call for the…
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OPINIONISTA: We need leaders who can help us find our way through the noise and despair and inspire hope

OPINIONISTA: We need leaders who can help us find our way through the noise and despair and inspire hope

We limped out of the pandemic, shell-shocked and bamboozled, into a world that is overwhelming us with the ferocious velocity…
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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.

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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Daily Maverick OPINIONISTA: We need leaders who can help us find our way through the noise and despair and inspire hope

Daily Maverick OPINIONISTA: We need leaders who can help us find our way through the noise and despair and inspire hope

We limped out of the pandemic, shell-shocked and bamboozled, into a world that is overwhelming us with the ferocious velocity…
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ANALYSIS:  Are we seeing the rise of the right in SA?

ANALYSIS: Are we seeing the rise of the right in SA?

Camaren Peter argues we are seeing an emergence of both left- and right-wing populism in the South African political spectrum,…
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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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Life: ‘Needed interventions’: Google teams up with local business to promote online safety in Africa

Impact Accelerator launched the African Online Safety Platform, thanks to funding from Google Read full article
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Social TV: Africa Online Safety Platform launched in SA – Social TV

Impact Amplifier, with the financial support of Google.org, today launched its African Online Safety Platform (AOSP). The Africa Online Safety Platform…
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SowetanLIVE: ‘Anti-immigrants disinformation before polls a red flag’

The Centre for Analytics and Behavioural Change (CABC) has cautioned against the growing anti-immigration sentiments and the spread of disinformation…
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iol.co.za: ANC, Jacob Zuma and uMkhonto weSizwe the most talked about online

Most of the mentions have been the fracas between the ANC and its former president with as many as 85…
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