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ISD’s blog for the latest in data-driven research on hate, extremism, and authoritarianism.
What happens when a fandom obsessed with high-profile murderers consequently becomes one of the biggest producers of them?
This Dispatch examines neo-Nazi group The Base’s re-emergence, global tactics & suspected Russian ties, urging coordinated international action to disrupt the threat.
A Czech X community of 70 accounts is acting as a conduit for Kremlin propaganda, amplifying anti-Ukraine narratives ahead of the 2025 elections.
Featured research from across our work
The briefing examines Canadian domestic extremists’ online behavior between March and May 2025, highlighting their platforms, focus areas and targeting methods.
This report analyses the threats to the 2025 Czech election, detailing malign tactics from front groups to media hoaxes undermining democracy.
This study maps Jordan’s online sphere, showing how social media fuels nationalist hate speech while offering ways to counter polarisation and exclusion.
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.
A resurgent and diversifying threat: Islamist extremist violence in Germany in the wake of October 7
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.
Overviews of issues, trends, narratives, platforms and actors.
The Proud Boys are an US-based political activist group that subscribes to a self-described “Western chauvinist” worldview that claims the inherent superiority of Western societies over all others.
764 is a network of online groups that engage in sextortion and the glorification of violence.
The Goyim Defense League is a neo-Nazi network promoting antisemitism, white supremacy and harassment through protests, flyers and online abuse.