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
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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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
Online disinformation thrives on divisive issues like unemployment, inequality and crime in South Africa. In this article, researcher Molebogeng Mokoka explores common disinformation tactics and their use on social media. Read full article
The blame is being laid on spaza shops for children’s deaths when there is no political will to deal with poor service delivery, unregulated trade in pesticides, and a lack of health inspectors Read full article
Newly appointed chief of staff for the Ministry of Agriculture Roman Cabanac’s engagements with Russia are not only online. He was hosted in May this year by Rosatom, the state-owned Russian nuclear energy company. Read full article
he May 2024 elections that caused a seismic shift in power may leave the impression that there is very little South Africans agree on. Yet, the Institute for Justice and Reconciliation found that in 2023, 77% of South Africans, across race and class, believe there is more that unites us than keeps us apart. Read …
The Centre for Analytics and Behavioural Change (CABC) has revealed that the online conversation about former Miss SA contestant Chidimma Adetshina’s citizenship and subsequent participation in the pageant was among the main topics of interest in July. Read full report
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