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This is the third investigation in ISD’s Pulling Back the Curtain series which explores different aspects of YouTube’s recommendation algorithm. The series consists of four separate investigations examining the recommendations sent to eight U.S.-based YouTube accounts registered with varying ages, genders, and interests over one month. This report examines the recommendations sent to two accounts with an interest in Mommy vloggers.

This is the second investigation in ISD’s Pulling Back the Curtain series which explores different aspects of YouTube’s recommendation algorithm. The series consists of four separate investigations examining the recommendations sent to eight U.S.-based YouTube accounts registered with varying ages, genders, and interests over one month. This report examines the recommendations sent to two accounts with an interest in “male lifestyle gurus”.

This is the first investigation in ISD’s Pulling Back the Curtain series which explores different aspects of YouTube’s recommendation algorithm. The series consists of four separate investigations examining the recommendations sent to eight U.S.-based YouTube accounts registered with varying ages, genders, and interests over one month. This report examines the recommendations sent to two teenager accounts with an interest in gaming.

IS support groups have long created content using media outlet assets, but the creation of fake social media accounts to spread the faux-branded content is a new tactic, leveraging previous moderation workarounds and state influence strategies to proliferate terrorist content online.

This article summarises the findings of a topic modelling analysis of antisemitic and anti-Muslim hate speech on Canadian YouTube comments in the afte

This report identifies and analyses the surge of both antisemitic and anti-Muslim hate speech in YouTube comments, with the aim of informing interventions and countermeasures.

An infamous Russian influence operation has been operating like a scam campaign on social media. ISD’s new investigation may help explain why.

This Dispatch analysis the findings of two ISD surveys which explored Germans views on the war against Ukraine, (European) defence, and threat percept

ISD’s analysis with Hope & Courage Collective found 36 incidents of politically-motivated violence targeting female and migrant-background candidates.

A joint analysis by ISD and the Hope and Courage Collective (H&CC) has uncovered 36 incidents of politically motivated violence, intimidation, harassment or threats since campaigning for local and European elections officially kicked off in Ireland on 6 May.