Hate in Plain Sight: Abuse Targeting Women Ahead of the 2022 Midterm Elections on TikTok and Instagram
This report investigates abuse targeting female political figures on TikTok and Instagram ahead of the 2022 midterm elections.
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Prevention Practitioners Network Training Materials
Comprehensive resources for educating and training practitioners in countering terrorism and violent extremism, produced in collaboration with the McCain Institute.
Shared Endeavour Fund Call One Evaluation Report
This report is an evaluation the Shared Endeavour Fund, an £800,000 civil society funding scheme supporting projects designed to address intolerance, hate and extremism.
Analysis of Social Media Platforms’ Response 100 Days After US Supreme Court Decision Overturning Roe v. Wade
In this investigation, ISD looks at abortion misinformation on social media and platform policies in the post-Roe sphere.
In the Blind Spot – How right-wing extremists use alternative platforms for radicalisation
This report provides a summary of the first annual expert conference "Im toten Winkel - Wie Rechtsextreme alternative Online-Plattformen zur Radikalisierung nutzen" (In the blind spot - How right-wing extremists use alternative online platforms for radicalisation), which took place as part of the project "Radikalisierung in rechtsextremen Onlinesubkulturen entgegentreten" (Countering radicalisation in right-wing extremist online subcultures), funded by the German Federal Ministry of Justice (BMJ).
Telegram as a Buttress: How far-right extremists and conspiracy theorists are expanding their infrastructures via Telegram
Telegram has become the central alternative platform for German language right-wing extremists. Over time, the messenger service has adopted social media functions that turned it into a hybrid platform. The promised anonymity and lack of moderation makes the platform attractive for extremists. This report researches, how the far-right online milieu in the German-speaking world is using Telegram.
Signposts – A background report on right-wing extremist online subcultures
This report discusses the context of the ISD research project “Countering Radicalisation in Far-Right Online Subcultures”, which deals with German right-wing extremists and their use of alternative platforms. It gives a historical overview of the German far-right’s online activities, describes methodological foundations and presents a summary of interviews that informed the project’s research.
Escape Routes: How far-right actors circumvent the Network Enforcement Act
For this study, the online milieu of radical right-wing and extreme right-wing actors was investigated with particular regard to its linking strategies to alternative platforms. The aim of the analysis was to make the cosmos of online platforms used by extreme right-wing and radical right-wing actors accessible.
Detours and Diversions Online Strategies for the Dissemination of Right-Wing Extremist Content
"Detours and Diversions" presents the key findings of the project "Countering Radicalisation in Right-Wing Extremist Online Subcultures", which is funded by the German Federal Ministry of Justice (BMJ). The report includes the comparative analysis of the empirical data, technical challenges and methodological context.
Evaluating Platform Abortion-Related Speech Policies: Were Platforms Prepared for the Post-Dobbs Environment?
ISD evaluates the actions taken by four major social platforms to protect their users from abortion care misinformation, while exploring the scale and reach of this content – particularly leading up to Roe v. Wade being overturned.