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Suspended ANC members Carl Niehaus and Andile Lungisa on WhatsApp group for planning riots and looting
A WhatsApp group has emerged as the focal point for the eight days of riots and looting that claimed more than 300 lives and ripped R50bn out of a struggling economy. Read full article
Vaccine hesitancy Impact Amplifier
CABC Audience Analysis Brandwatch data was retrieved for the period from June 18 to Aug 17, 2021. The Brandwatch results were geo filtered to the six countries (South Africa, Ghana, Kenya, Senegal, Nigeria and Tanzania). Focusing on the six specified countries, the query was designed to capture as much general vaccine conversation as possible. We …
Failed insurrection has deep roots in social media narrative manipulation
Social media was used as an amplification tool, with images and videos used out of context to manipulate the public, deceiving people to believe that past events were taking place in the present. Read full article
Impact Amplifier preliminary analytic report
This preliminary report covers the period from June 18 to Aug 17, 2021. Results are geo filtered to the six countries included in the Impact Amplifier project. Data is limited to posts on Twitter during this period that included any of the keywords and phrases listed in Fig. 2. Focusing on the six specified countries, …
Covid-19 | Demand less than supply as vaccine hesitancy soars, report reveals
Government’s plan to vaccinate as many South Africans as possible faces a setback as disinformation tactics put millions of lives at risk by blurring facts about vaccination with fictional conspiracy theories. A weekly report compiled by several organisations conducting social listening on Covid-19 vaccines found that a lack of demand was hindering the roll-out programme. …
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Online RET Network Analysis
Most social media users rely on digital platforms to connect with friends, family and colleagues in a constructive manner that builds cohesion in communities. But, some users are exploiting the medium for their own ends, sowing social discord by deliberately manipulating key narratives. The CABC has uncovered evidence of an organised network of social media …
Guptabots, Lerato Pillay and fake news
It’s all here on The Pulse – a podcast series from The Centre for Analytics and Behavioural Change. In this 3 part episode, the CABC’s Adam Armstrong chats to Jean Le Roux, a Research Associate at the Digital Forensic Research Lab (DFR), about how false information on social media is organised and being weaponised.
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