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 spaces. Read the full article
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 deeply personal, with direct threats of violence made against them and their home addresses leaked. Read the full article
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 for Analytics and Behavioral Change recently released a new report that looked into the distribution and sale of material in the country. Listen to the full interview here
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 researcher at the Center for Analytics and Behavioral Change, Kyle Janse. Listen to the full interview here
Mapping Child Predation Online
This report exposes how child sexual abuse material is openly traded on major platforms like X, Telegram, and WhatsApp. The investigation reveals networks using “menus” and price tags, with X’s own AI even recommending abusive accounts. The findings demand urgent, systemic action from platforms to protect children. Read full report
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 harrowing truth, how digital platforms by design are enabling child predators and driving a surge in online exploitation.
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 media.
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, teenage pregnancy, and the normalisation of predatory behaviour toward minors on social media platforms,
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 regarding child sexual exploitation, teenage pregnancy, and the normalisation of predatory behaviour toward minors on social media platforms, has raised concern and been labelled “chilling”. Read the full article
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 online discourse and digital behaviour that reveal how harmful narratives and exploitative content targeting children are spreading across social media platforms. The behaviour was tracked from June 2024 to May 2025. Read the full article
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