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Tayarisha Digital Governance

Tayarisha is the Initiative on Digital Governance, established (2021) at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg. It is a hub for teaching, research, policy dialogue, and outreach on the challenges and opportunities presented by digitisation in the public sector, society, and industry in Africa.

Tayarisha straddles the nexus of government, business, and society, and is concerned with issues of regulation, public policy and ethics. Tayarisha contributes to the creation of public good by conducting academically rigorous, cutting-edge action research; providing world-class education; and contributing to public debate on the challenges and opportunities presented by digitisation.
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2 Episodes

The challenges of content moderation in the Global South | Kristen Abrahams

In this podcast episode, Rekgotsofetse Chikane interviews Kristen Abrahams from the Legal Resources Centre about the efficiency of social media platforms in content moderation and their role in disseminating information during elections. They discuss the concept of ad tech and its use in targeted advertising, the potential benefits and drawbacks…
28 Jun 34 min