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The Iranian regime has launched an online propaganda war in the wake of the ongoing conflict using novel AI tools. 

A Canadian neo-Nazi group paid Nigel Farage for a video promoting one of their events, illustrating a pattern in Canada’s extremist movements.

Der Spiegel covers ISD’s study showing how Germanic New Medicine spreads on Telegram and the related risks behind this pseudoscientific movement.

ISD Senior Research Manager Matthew Ivanovich spoke to NPR about how the tactics of groups like al-Qaeda and ISIS have undergone a shift.

Since 2021, “White Nationalism 3.0” has spread in Canada, using fitness and clubs to normalize extremism and enable new paths to violence.

In recent years, the profile of a mass shooter has shifted toward younger, heavily online, individuals with nihilistic worldviews.

This Dispatch explores how key actors spread false and misleading narratives, monetise courses and seminars supported with AI technology.

The True Crime Community has inspired acts of violence worldwide, including a shooting at a Catholic school in Minneapolis last August.

After the Tumbler Ridge shooting, a focus on the perpetrator’s transgender identity sparked Canada’s largest 6-month surge in anti-LGBTQ+ online hate.

AI content and state propaganda are flooding coverage of the Iran war, making it harder to find verified information amid widespread fake images.