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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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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
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. 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
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?
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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ANALYSIS | Camaren Peter: 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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Report highlights prominence of xenophobia
The report mainly focuses on social media and the role it plays in xenophobic attacks. A recent report released by…
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Report highlights prominence of xenophobia |ZULULAND OBSERVER
The report mainly focuses on social media and the role it plays in xenophobic attacks. A recent report released by…
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Report highlights prominence of xenophobia
The report mainly focuses on social media and the role it plays in xenophobic attacks. A recent report released by…
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Vaccine mis/disinformation weekly report #21
For our final Mis/Disinformation report in this format, we look into social media conversationsfrom two platforms – Facebook and Twitter…
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New report unpacks the online xenophobia conversation targeting foreigners
Research has found that the online anti-foreigner conversation continues to flourish, with proponents citing a number of South Africa’s socio-economic…
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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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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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Xenophobia Social Media Analytics: Report 1
This social media analytics report focused on xenophobic conversations in South Africa covering the period 01 January 2023 – 31…
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Anti-corruption project: Online conversations about corruption in South Africa
This social media analytics report focused on corruption conversations in South Africa covering the period 01 May 2023 – 30…
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Vaccine mis/disinformation weekly reportT #20
This week’s Mis/Disinformation report looks into social media conversations from two platforms -Facebook and Twitter. Conversations were largely driven by…
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Vaccine mis/disinformation weekly report #19
This week’s Mis/Disinformation report looks into social media conversations from two platforms – Facebook over the last month and Twitter…
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Protest Narrative Deep Dive Report
#Nationalshutdown trended on Twitter in January. It was primarily used as a tool to gain public support to stand up…
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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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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
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
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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