Explainers
Israel-Hamas Conflict
AFD social impact
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US platform readiness
Russian propaganda exploits US hurricane response to undermine FEMA and Ukraine support
Sasha Havlicek returned to lead the Eradicate Hate Summit’s opening session, addressing how extremists and hostile states exploit global issues.
Explainers

Explainers

ISD's library of issues, trends, narratives, platforms & actors relating to extremism, hate & disinformation topics.

Israel-Hamas Conflict

Behind the Curtain: Unveiling Pro-Kremlin Ecosystems in Europe

This research investigates connections between radical, conspiracy & pro-Kremlin communities in France, Germany & Italy on Telegram, analysing interactions and key narratives from January 2022 to February 2024.

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Assessing the AfD's social media strategy in the lead-up to eastern German state elections

ISD analysis of top AfD Facebook posts before the elections, highlighting key themes & risks to democratic stability.

A decade after the ‘Caliphate’: The state of the Islamic State online

A decade after the ‘Caliphate’: The state of the IS online

Despite takedowns, the Islamic State continues to adapt its online presence, using mainstream platforms, fake accounts & even cartoons to expand its transnational reach.

The online mis- and disinformation ecosystem in Ireland

Evaluating platform readiness for US elections

ISD assessed platform policies across six areas, uncovering a concerning lack of transparency regarding safety measures and resource allocation amid rising hate speech and misinformation.

From rumours to riots

How online misinformation fuelled violence in the aftermath of the Southport attack

After a mass stabbing in the UK, ISD highlights how misinformation about the attacker spread on social media, leading to offline violence.

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Russian propaganda exploits US hurricane response

Russian state-affiliated media and social media have used hurricanes Milton and Helene to erode trust in disaster relief and reduce support for Ukraine.

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CEO Sasha Havlicek at the Eradicate Hate Global Summit

Sasha returned to lead the Eradicate Hate Summit’s opening session, addressing how extremists and hostile states exploit global issues.

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A network on X is spreading disinformation about Germany's election, amplified by 6,000+ bots. The absence of German-language videos suggests it targets media and international observers.
An in-depth investigation into the Islamic State’s online ecosystems across the open web, social media platforms, and messaging applications.
Axel Rudakubana's conviction for the Southport killings highlights gaps in the UK’s approach to preventing targeted mass violence and terrorism.
Our latest coverage of the Israel-Hamas Conflict.
This report explores the spread of hate speech, disinformation and extremism during the 2024 Israel-Hamas conflict in the UK, France and Germany.
Analysing the rise in Islamist extremist attacks targeting Germany since Hamas' October 7 attack on Israel.
This Investigation examines how a pro-Kremlin ad campaign used the Hamas-Israel conflict to spread disinformation narratives about Ukraine in France and Germany.
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This report examines how German far-right actors use generative AI, the narratives on which they concentrate, and the tactics they employ to disseminate this content.
This report looks at TikTok's search algorithms and how it fails to detect hateful terms, reinforcing biases against marginalised groups.
ISD analysis found misogynistic rhetoric in Hungarian TikTok relationship advice, normalising stalking, violence and harmful gender stereotypes.

Overviews of issues, trends, narratives, platforms and actors.
This Explainer outlines definitional considerations around far-left extremism, drawing a key distinction between the radical left and left-wing extremism, and highlights harm areas associated with the broader far left.
Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, a proscribed Islamist group, pursues nationalist jihad, distinct from IS and al-Qaeda's global caliphate ambitions.
The Aryan Freedom Network (AFN) is a nationwide neo-Nazi organization in the US that embraces antisemitic, racist and national socialist ideas.