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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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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

All Digital Dispatches

April 22, 2025

Strong and free? The narratives animating extremists ahead of Canada’s federal election

ISD examines the narratives Canadian extremists have seized upon ahead of a contentious federal election.

ISD UK

Democratic Integrity, Terrorism and Extremism

April 1, 2025

The rise of anti-South Asian hate in Canada

Hate targeting South Asians is soaring in Canada. ISD investigates this trend and key drivers, such as the far-right network known as Diagolon.

ISD Canada

Anti-Migrant

March 31, 2025

Dismantling digital terror: Lessons learned from the collapse of Terrorgram

ISD charts Terrorgram’s evolution and demise, drawing lessons to inform the responses of national security practitioners to online extremist ecosystem

ISD UK

Targeted Threats, Hate and Abuse, Terrorism and Extremism, Threat Analysis and Prevention

March 4, 2025

Hidden hate: How Amharic is being used to evade hate speech detection on TikTok  

The Amharic language is being used on TikTok to evade moderation by mixing it with European languages in order to spread hate speech and bypass filter

ISD UK, ISD-US

Emerging Technologies, Recommender Systems and Algorithms, Terrorism and Extremism

February 22, 2025

Connecting the dots: The far-right ideology of the Magdeburg suspect

ISD analysis suggests the Magdeburg attacker consistently promoted far-right, anti-Muslim views online before the December 2024 attack.

ISD Germany

Far-Right Extremism, Targeted Threats, Hate and Abuse, Terrorism and Extremism

February 21, 2025

The achilles’ heel of EU’s media sanctions: Reassessing RT Deutsch access ahead of Germany’s 2025 Federal Election

Mirror sites continue to bypass the EU's sanctions against RT Deutsch ahead of the 2025 German elections.

ISD Germany

Democratic Integrity

February 13, 2025

Coordinated disinformation network uses AI, media impersonation to target German election

A network on X is spreading disinformation about Germany's election, amplified by 6,000+ bots.

ISD Germany

Democratic Integrity, Targeted Threats, Hate and Abuse

February 12, 2025

A decade after the ‘Caliphate’: The state of the Islamic State online

An in-depth investigation into the Islamic State’s online ecosystems across the open web, social media platforms, and messaging applications.

ISD UK

Islamist Extremism, Terrorism and Extremism