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April 23, 2026

Iran’s diplomats launch a meme war

Iranian officials are using provocative, ironic content to go viral, driving massive engagement and reshaping state messaging during the war.

ISD-US

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

December 22, 2025

Antisemitism across the extremes: A deep-dive on US-based violent online networks

Antisemitism, Hybrid Extremism and Nihilistic Violence

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February 24, 2022

Fake ‘Freedom Convoy’ Facebook groups are being run by foreign networks for profit

This Dispatch analyses fake Facebook groups being run for profit from foreign countries that claim to be part of the 'Freedom Convoy' protest movement

ISD UK

Information Warfare and Online Manipulation

February 22, 2022

German-language antisemitic comments on YouTube

This Dispatch looks at German-language YouTube videos which are attracting hate speech against Jewish people in their comment sections.

ISD Germany

Antisemitism, Tech Accountability and Safety

February 15, 2022

Nuanced text analysis at scale: Toxicity detection and digital Salafism

ISD outlines its approach to applying toxicity analysis to Salafi online content and the development of automated toxicity detection tools.

ISD UK

Islamist Extremism, Tech Accountability and Safety

January 19, 2022

Conspiracy clickbait: This one weird trick will undermine democracy

This series explores how networks linked to individuals in Vietnam use QAnon conspiracy theories and US political disinformation to generate revenue.

ISD UK

Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference, Information Warfare and Online Manipulation

December 9, 2021

The challenge of post-organisational violent extremism and terrorism

This Dispatch explains the concept of 'post-organisational' violent extremism and terrorism, and the challenges on how to respond to them.

ISD UK

Hybrid Extremism and Nihilistic Violence, Terrorism and Extremism

December 2, 2021

The growth of the left-wing ‘Gunstagram’

The left-wing 'Gunstagram’ is an emerging, US-based firearms community on Instagram. This dispatch looks at what has driven its growth.

ISD UK

Far-Left Extremism, Terrorism and Extremism

November 23, 2021

Pro-Russian disinformation outlet evades Facebook nan

Despite being banned from Facebook, the pro-Russian disinformation outlet News Front has resumed many of its operations.

ISD UK

Information Warfare and Online Manipulation

November 16, 2021

Gen-Z and the digital Salafi ecosystem

ISD's research provides a digital snapshot of the evolving Salafi online ecosystem and its impact on Gen-Z identities.

ISD UK

Hybrid Extremism and Nihilistic Violence, Islamist Extremism

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