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Free expression? Meta’s decision to scrap fact-checkers poses risks

Free expression? Meta’s decision to scrap fact-checkers poses risks

Centre for Analytics and Behavioural Change Meta’s decision to remove fact-checkers from its platforms and replace them with user-generated community…
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Legal Ethics, Education and AI: Where do we generate the line?

Legal Ethics, Education and AI: Where do we generate the line?

Kyle Janse On the 30th of November 2022, a free-to-use generative artificial intelligence chatbot, namely ChatGPT, was launched and made…
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CABC does battle in online war  between fact and fiction

CABC does battle in online war between fact and fiction

CABC does battle in online war between fact and fiction   The Centre for Analytics and Behavioural Change (CABC) is…
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Pan-African News Wire| South Africa: Who’s Behind 16 Days of Activism Online?

Pan-African News Wire| South Africa: Who’s Behind 16 Days of Activism Online?

The 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence is an annual international campaign that kicks off on 25 November, the…
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The South African: Are there snippets of the disinformation playbook in SA?

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

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

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

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

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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Daily Maverick: What South Africans need from political leaders – Courage and commitment to peace

Daily Maverick: What South Africans need from political leaders – Courage and commitment to peace

he May 2024 elections that caused a seismic shift in power may leave the impression that there is very little…
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iono.fm: Democratic participation, civic education and the GNU

iono.fm: Democratic participation, civic education and the GNU

In this episode, Associate Professor Camaren Peter, Executive Director at the CABC sits down with Wellington Radu, who is the…
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IOL: Miss SA beauty pageant dominates anti-immigrant conversation in July, report reveals

IOL: Miss SA beauty pageant dominates anti-immigrant conversation in July, report reveals

The Centre for Analytics and Behavioural Change (CABC) has revealed that the online conversation about former Miss SA contestant Chidimma…
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Media update: Sesame Workshop Launches ‘Bond Through Play’ Campaign

Media update: Sesame Workshop Launches ‘Bond Through Play’ Campaign

Takalani Sesame has launched its 'Bond Through Play' campaign, which aims to encourage fathers to bond with their children. The…
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Fact Check: Goolammv ‘unmasking’ raises more questions than it answers

Fact Check: Goolammv ‘unmasking’ raises more questions than it answers

Independent Media’s alleged “unmasking” of various members of the public in hopes of revealing the identity of the person behind…
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Project spotlights the critical role of Fathers in the lives of their children

Project spotlights the critical role of Fathers in the lives of their children

By Esther Schippers Positive relationships with fathers or male caregivers and an environment free of violence are hugely valuable investments…
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Unite against xenophobia

Unite against xenophobia

The CABC's team of analysts discovered that xenophobic narratives were on the increase after lockdown. The film, created by the…
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Democratic participation, civic education and the Government (GNU )

Democratic participation, civic education and the Government (GNU )

In this episode, Associate Professor Camaren Peter, Executive Director at the CABC sits down with Wellington Radu, who is the…
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Monthly Social Listening Updates & Recommendations for online conversations about immigrants in South Africa: June 2024

Monthly Social Listening Updates & Recommendations for online conversations about immigrants in South Africa: June 2024

This report provides an overview of online conversations about immigrants in South Africa for the month of June 2024. This…
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SowetanLIVE Parly awaits bill on quotas for hiring foreigners

SowetanLIVE Parly awaits bill on quotas for hiring foreigners

As the ANC in Gauteng rallies for quotas on hiring of foreign nationals, the portfolio committee on labour says it…
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SMILE FM The Honest Truth Euston Witbooi speaks about how anti immigrant sentiment

SMILE FM The Honest Truth Euston Witbooi speaks about how anti immigrant sentiment

SMILE FM The Honest Truth Euston Witbooi speaks about how anti immigrant sentiment, May 4, 2023 Listen to the full interview
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Free expression? Meta’s decision to scrap fact-checkers poses risks

Free expression? Meta’s decision to scrap fact-checkers poses risks

Centre for Analytics and Behavioural Change Meta’s decision to remove fact-checkers from its platforms and replace them with user-generated community…
Read More
Legal Ethics, Education and AI: Where do we generate the line?

Legal Ethics, Education and AI: Where do we generate the line?

Kyle Janse On the 30th of November 2022, a free-to-use generative artificial intelligence chatbot, namely ChatGPT, was launched and made…
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Pan-African News Wire| South Africa: Who’s Behind 16 Days of Activism Online?

Pan-African News Wire| South Africa: Who’s Behind 16 Days of Activism Online?

The 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence is an annual international campaign that kicks off on 25 November, the…
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The South African: Are there snippets of the disinformation playbook in SA?

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

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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Smile 90.4FM: Digital Activism and Disinformation

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,…
Read More
Daily Maverick: Roman Cabanac punted nuclear deal on Rosatom freebie to Russia

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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Daily Maverick: What South Africans need from political leaders – Courage and commitment to peace

Daily Maverick: What South Africans need from political leaders – Courage and commitment to peace

he May 2024 elections that caused a seismic shift in power may leave the impression that there is very little…
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iono.fm: Democratic participation, civic education and the GNU

iono.fm: Democratic participation, civic education and the GNU

In this episode, Associate Professor Camaren Peter, Executive Director at the CABC sits down with Wellington Radu, who is the…
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IOL: Miss SA beauty pageant dominates anti-immigrant conversation in July, report reveals

IOL: Miss SA beauty pageant dominates anti-immigrant conversation in July, report reveals

The Centre for Analytics and Behavioural Change (CABC) has revealed that the online conversation about former Miss SA contestant Chidimma…
Read More
Media update: Sesame Workshop Launches ‘Bond Through Play’ Campaign

Media update: Sesame Workshop Launches ‘Bond Through Play’ Campaign

Takalani Sesame has launched its 'Bond Through Play' campaign, which aims to encourage fathers to bond with their children. The…
Read More
Fact Check: Goolammv ‘unmasking’ raises more questions than it answers

Fact Check: Goolammv ‘unmasking’ raises more questions than it answers

Independent Media’s alleged “unmasking” of various members of the public in hopes of revealing the identity of the person behind…
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Democratic participation, civic education and the Government (GNU )

Democratic participation, civic education and the Government (GNU )

In this episode, Associate Professor Camaren Peter, Executive Director at the CABC sits down with Wellington Radu, who is the…
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Press release 6: Online elections conversation

Press release 6: Online elections conversation

The online elections conversation received more than 300,000 mentions between 2 April and 15 April 2024. The IEC's decision to…
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16 days of activism against GBV lost its lustre?

16 days of activism against GBV lost its lustre?

The CABC found analysed the online conversation during the 16 days of activism period last year. Researchers found that online…
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Impact Amplifier’s Africa Online Safety

Impact Amplifier’s Africa Online Safety

Impact Amplifier's Africa Online Safety Fund Video by Google.org with Camaren Peter
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Life: ‘Needed interventions’: Google teams up with local business to promote online safety in Africa

Life: ‘Needed interventions’: Google teams up with local business to promote online safety in Africa

Impact Accelerator launched the African Online Safety Platform, thanks to funding from Google Read full article
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Social TV: Africa Online Safety Platform launched in SA – Social TV

Social TV: Africa Online Safety Platform launched in SA – Social TV

Impact Amplifier, with the financial support of Google.org, today launched its African Online Safety Platform (AOSP). The Africa Online Safety Platform…
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SowetanLIVE: ‘Anti-immigrants disinformation before polls a red flag’

SowetanLIVE: ‘Anti-immigrants disinformation before polls a red flag’

The Centre for Analytics and Behavioural Change (CABC) has cautioned against the growing anti-immigration sentiments and the spread of disinformation…
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iol.co.za: ANC, Jacob Zuma and uMkhonto weSizwe the most talked about online

iol.co.za: ANC, Jacob Zuma and uMkhonto weSizwe the most talked about online

Most of the mentions have been the fracas between the ANC and its former president with as many as 85…
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Free expression? Meta’s decision to scrap fact-checkers poses risks

Centre for Analytics and Behavioural Change Meta’s decision to remove fact-checkers from its platforms and replace them with user-generated community…
Read More

Legal Ethics, Education and AI: Where do we generate the line?

Kyle Janse On the 30th of November 2022, a free-to-use generative artificial intelligence chatbot, namely ChatGPT, was launched and made…
Read More

Pan-African News Wire| South Africa: Who’s Behind 16 Days of Activism Online?

The 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence is an annual international campaign that kicks off on 25 November, the…
Read More

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…
Read More

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…
Read More
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