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July 29, 2026

Louder and louder on the Western front: Key takeaways from the Authoritarian Interference Tracker

ISD's new Authoritarian Interference Tracker maps more than 290 incidents of Russian, Chinese and Iranian interference targeting Western democracies.

ISD-US

Information Warfare and Online Manipulation

April 23, 2026

Iran’s diplomats launch a meme war

Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference, Information Warfare and Online Manipulation

April 22, 2026

The impact of the war with Iran on antisemitic discourse

Antisemitism, Targeted Threats, Hate and Abuse, Tech Accountability and Safety

April 15, 2026

How pro-Iran networks gained a billion views on war propaganda

Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference, Information Warfare and Online Manipulation

March 16, 2026

Dangerous narratives: The ecosystem of Germanic New Medicine

Information Warfare and Online Manipulation, Public Health

February 27, 2026

Axis of amplification: Regime media, proxies and Western supporters respond to Iranian protests

Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference

February 17, 2026

The online landscape of subcultures of nihilistic violence

Hybrid Extremism and Nihilistic Violence, Terrorism and Extremism

February 12, 2026

Kremlin talking points flood X amid ICC case on child deportations

Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference, Information Warfare and Online Manipulation

February 3, 2026

‘Tick tock traitor:’ The rise of violent rhetoric targeting US public officials

Officials and Law Enforcement, Targeted Threats, Hate and Abuse, Tech Accountability and Safety, Threats to Public Figures

January 27, 2026

Hostile state responses to US action in Venezuela

Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference

December 23, 2025

Bondi Beach: The hallmarks of an Islamic State attack 

Antisemitism, Islamist Extremism, Threat Analysis and Prevention

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February 25, 2021

Facebook’s news ban and its effect on online conspiracy communities

Elise Thomas examines how Facebook blocking Australian users from news content tested the impact on disinformation and conspiracy theories online.

ISD UK

Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference, Information Warfare and Online Manipulation

February 4, 2021

The yoga world is riddled with anti-vaxxers and QAnon believers

Cécile Simmons reflects on how her roles as an ISD researcher and yoga teacher have blurred over the past year.

ISD UK

Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference, Public Health

November 26, 2020

Think globally, attack locally: How online extremism adapted to the Western Balkans

The Western Balkans faces dual challenges: targeted extremist narratives and global appropriation of its history and geopolitics to justify extremism.

ISD UK

Hybrid Extremism and Nihilistic Violence, Terrorism and Extremism

November 12, 2020

The ‘content blitz’: Social media response times to terrorist content

ISIS continues to deploy social media for recruitment. ISD timed platforms' takedowns of terrorist content to understand their effectiveness.

ISD UK

Islamist Extremism

November 10, 2020

Online reactions of the far-right to the far-left

On 31 May 2020, President Trump tweeted about designating Antifa a "Terrorist Organization." ISD researchers tracked far-right reactions online.

ISD UK

Far-Right Extremism, Terrorism and Extremism

November 5, 2020

The shifting conversation around Antifa

ISD conducted a long-term analysis of conversations around the loose network of far-left organisations known as Antifa between January 2019-June 2020.

ISD UK

Far-Left Extremism, Far-Right Extremism, Terrorism and Extremism

October 16, 2020

TikTok fails to stop the spread of QAnon conspiracies on its platform

Simple techniques such as alternative hashtag spellings can circumvent TikTok's measures to combat the spread of QAnon content.

ISD UK

Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference, Tech Accountability and Safety

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