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Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit: Exploring how the internet fuels ideas of masculinity and challenges traditional norms, with insi…
Following the Netflix documentary Inside the Manosphere and the listener conversations it sparked, Lester Kiewit speaks to Kyle Janse, researcher…
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Rosebank Killarney Gazette:The Centre for Analytics and Behaviour Change and Moxii Africa unite for Social Media 4 Peace project
The SM4P project seeks to enhance the resilience of societies against harmful online content. In a collaborative effort, the Centre…
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Kirsten Peason on How Viral Misinformation Is Endangering South Africans | #AfricaWorldHour
False posts targeting TV presenter Pabi Moloi have reignited concerns about the real-world harm caused by viral misinformation in South…
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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…
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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…
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UNESCO: Social Media 4 Peace – Building a digital shield for South Africa
South Africa’s new UNESCO–EU coalition unites media, civil society and regulators to curb online harm and turn digital spaces into…
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Daily Maverick: Viral lies, real consequences — the price of Facebook’s inaction
TV presenter Pabi Moloi’s ordeal exemplifies the broader failure of social media platforms, including Facebook, to adequately regulate the spread…
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ECR: SA researchers alarmed over spread of child sexual abuse material on social media
South African researchers have sounded the alarm over the spread of child sexual abuse material on social media platforms. …
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allAfrica.com Kenya: Tiktok Hosts Multi-Stakeholder Safety Roundtables in Kenya As It
As part of its ongoing commitment to safety and inclusivity,TikTok, in partnership with the Centre for Analytics and Behavioural Change…
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Sandton Chronicle: Roundtable highlights abuse of women journalists
At a recent roundtable, SA media leaders demanded accountability from tech giants over harassment, bias, and AI abuse. Read the…
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Talk Africa Silencing the Screens: TikTok, Tech Experts Unite with Kenyan Media to End Online Abuse of Women
TalkAfrica is an online publication established by the Association of Freelance Journalists (AFJ) – Kenya, whose content is written Freelance…
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Citizen Digital: Women in media call for stronger protection against online abuse
In the recent past, women journalists and creators in Kenya have increasingly become a target for tech-facilitated gender-based violence (TFGBV)…
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Peoples Gazette Nigeria: TikTok moves to curb tech-facilitated gender-based violence
Ms Mkhize said that as the digital landscape evolves, women and vulnerable communities continue to face unique online threats. Read…
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TikTok, CABC to tackle online gender-based violence in Nigeria
TikTok and the Centre for Analytics and Behavioural Change (CABC) held a roundtable in Lagos to address the pressing issue…
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TikTok, CABC hold Women-in-Media safety roundtables in Lagos, Abuja
TikTok and the Centre for Analytics and Behavioural Change (CABC) held a roundtable in Lagos to address the pressing issue…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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OPERATION HATRED: Putting xenophobia first: Analysing the hashtags behind the Twitter campaigns
Over several years, one hashtag has become prominent on social media for rallying behind a campaign calling on government and…
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Battle lines drawn over Sisulu
Many social media users have taken up firm positions to attack or defend Sisulu’s views, with others remaining neutral. Read…
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Medical Academic SA nurses share their COVID-19 experiences in hard-hitting video series | Medical Academic here are a few of the videos featuring SA nurses sharing their experiences during the COVID-19 outbreak:
Here are a few of the videos featuring SA nurses sharing their experiences during the COVID-19 outbreak: Watch full video
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Deep discontent: Fasten your seatbelts on the road to South Africa’s potential collapse
Just how far gone is South Africa? There isn’t one canary in the coal mine, but many, and they’re signalling…
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The role of social media in the local government elections 2021
Camaren Peter, PhD, Executive Director of the Centre for Analytics and Behavioural Change (CABC) and Ebrahim Fakir , Director of…
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South Africa COVID-19 and vaccine social listening report 19 November 2021, Report 27 – SA corona virus online portal
This is a weekly report of COVID & vaccine sentiment, rumours & misinformation in SA. Read full article
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South African team in global spotlight
A group of South African social activists has gained international recognition for two public campaigns against Gender Based Violence (GBV)…
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CICLOPE Africa – Winners 2021
We are happy to announce the winners for CICLOPE Africa 2021! After three rounds of judging in which the Executive Jury discussed the…
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The honest truth – Smile FM – 26 Oct 2021 allocated to: vaccine
Stuart Jones interviewed on The Honest Truth to discuss vaccine trends
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Sub-Saharan Africa: What is driving Covid-19 vaccine hesitancy?
An August 11th World Bank blog post written by an impressive group of experts in health and economics gathered a wealth of…
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Political parties unphased by moral and ethical crisis they face in public perception, report finds
A report has found that political parties appear unphased by the moral and ethical crisis they face in public perception…
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The Jet Set Breakfast the vaccine trust spectrum segmentation report
The vaccine trust spectrum segmentation report Listen to the interview
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South Africa COVID-19 and vaccine social listening report 21 October 2021, Report 23 – SA corona virus online portal
This is a weekly report of COVID & vaccine sentiment, rumours & misinformation in SA read full article
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#PutSouthAfricansFirst peddling malicious, divisive untruths about human trafficking
The Centre for Analytics and Behavioural Change has been tracking conversations on social media around missing persons and #HumanTrafficking This…
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Four Covid-19 vaccine myths you shouldn’t believe
A recent report by states that misleading information and untrue claims around Covid-19 vaccines drive a very dangerous narrative. Read…
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ANALYSIS |Ebrahim Fakir and Molebogeng Mokoka | Elections 2021: There’s a f(r)action too much f(r)iction
As we head closer to the municipal elections expected to take place on 1 November, the trend of mis- and…
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ANALYSIS | Ebrahim Fakir and Molebogeng Mokoka: Twitterverse’s view on the municipal elections
Ahead of the municipal elections on 1 November, the Centre for Analytics and Behavioural Change (CABC) has been tracking conversations…
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Independent Philanthropy Association of South Africa: What philanthropists need to know about the future impact of big data and social media. Camaren Peter
What philanthropists need to know about the future impact of big data and social media on their work and on…
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Breakfast with Refilwe Moloto
On today’s Wednesday Panel, Refilwe Moloto looks at the topic of narratives in politics, and how politicians choose and control…
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How the conversation about the employment of immigrants at SA universities is being amplified online
Centre for Analytics and Behavioural Change Over the years, the South African online anti-immigrant narrative has drawn on several topics…
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‘Make South Africa Great Again’ — Tracking the ‘movement’ online
Centre for Analytics and Behavioural Change Racial tensions on social media are flaring up, as minority groups call on US…
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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…
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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?
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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