Featured Digital Dispatches
Digital Dispatches is ISD’s article series showcasing the latest data-driven research on hate, information operations and extremism.
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August 14, 2026
From posts to protests: How online narratives fuelled anti-migrant violence in Southampton and Belfast
UK anti-migrant unrest followed two unrelated stabbings in June 2026, as online networks used the incidents to fuel anti-migrant narratives.
ISD UK
Anti-Migrant, Far-Right Extremism
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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
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
