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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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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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HeCareZa Social media analytics: Report 1
This report details the interactions between men and women on South African Twitter between 20 November 2022 and 31 January…
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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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Vaccine mis/disinformation weekly report #16
This week’s Mis/Disinformation report looks into social media conversation driven by:controversies around vaccine mandates and rhetoric that attempts to deter…
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ANC elective conference news media coverage
The ANC is less than a week away from its national elective conference. Earlier this month, the CABC released a…
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ANC elective conference – Presidential candidates on social media
The 55th ANC elective conference is only a few days away. In view of this, researchers at the CABC zoomed…
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16 Days of activism against GBV
2020’s theme is all around protecting women in the informal workplace. Here is everything you need to know to stand…
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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
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
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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