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Digital Dispatches is ISD’s article series showcasing the latest data-driven research on hate, information operations and extremism.
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May 7, 2024
Conspiracy theories matter, but not all are meaningful: A guide for analyzing risks to audiences
This guide highlights the challenge of predicting the lasting influence of conspiracies, emphasizing the importance of discerning actual risks to audiences & evaluating theories' potential impacts.
ISD-US
Information Warfare and Online Manipulation
April 18, 2024
Changing tides: Discourse towards migrants and asylum seekers on Facebook and X in Germany in 2023
Online discourse about migrants and asylum seekers has become overwhelmingly negative in Germany, defined by inflammatory and misleading language, and the mainstreaming of harmful conspiracy theories such as the 'Great Replacement'.
ISD Germany, ISD UK
Anti-Migrant
April 15, 2024
Hindu nationalists push conspiracy theories and misinformation ahead of elections
India’s upcoming general elections are likely to hand the Hindu nationalist Bharata Janata Party (BJP) a third term in office. This Dispatch examines
ISD UK
Targeted Threats, Hate and Abuse, Terrorism and Extremism
April 14, 2024
Misleading and manipulated content goes viral on X in Middle East conflict
Within seven hours of Iranian drones being launched towards Israel, misleading content received over 37 million views on X.
ISD UK, ISD-US
Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference, Terrorism and Extremism
April 1, 2024
Pro-CCP Spamouflage campaign experiments with new tactics targeting the US
The pro-CCP network known as Spamouflage is a long-running and widespread but largely ineffective operation. However, there is evidence that the netwo
ISD UK, ISD-US
Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference, Terrorism and Extremism
March 29, 2024
Pro-Kremlin responses to the Moscow terrorist attack in Russia, Germany and Italy
Pro-Kremlin actors have exploited the attack on Crocus City Hall to blame Ukraine and the West, even though the Islamic State’s ‘Khorasan Province’ (ISKP) claimed responsibility for it. This Dispatch analyses online messages from pro-Kremlin actors in Russian, German and Italian.
ISD Germany, ISD UK
Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference, Terrorism and Extremism
