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.
A new report by the Center for Analytics and Behavioral Change has raised serious concerns about child predation on social media.
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,
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
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
By Newsbreak Producer Shanell Daniel – Concerns have been raised for the safety of young girls using social media platforms. This after a recently released report by The Centre for Analytics and Behavioral Change – called “The State of Child Predation on South African Social Media” highlighted a term used by predators. Listen to the …
Centre for Analytics and Behavioural Change Racial tensions on social media are flaring up, as minority groups call on US President Donald Trump to support them in making South Africa great “again”. Among the beliefs shared by the crowd of about 1,500 Afrikaans-speaking people who gathered outside the American Embassy in Pretoria on 15 February, …
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Centre for Analytics and Behavioural Change Meta’s decision to remove fact-checkers from its platforms and replace them with user-generated community notes has sparked concerns around mis and disinformation online. CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced last week that the company sought to encourage free expression and reduce censorship on its platforms. He also accused third-party fact-checkers of …
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Kyle Janse On the 30th of November 2022, a free-to-use generative artificial intelligence chatbot, namely ChatGPT, was launched and made available worldwide. The chatbot, seemingly all-knowing, took the world by storm, and shortly thereafter, the variety of its uses was explored and perpetuated in society. However, the inherent dangers of the bot were similarly exposed, …
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The 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence is an annual international campaign that kicks off on 25 November, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, and runs until 10 December, Human Rights Day. Read full article
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