Uisce Faoi Thalamh: Topic Analysis
The final installment of Uisce Faoi Thalamh provides an in-depth narrative analysis of the leading topics of discussions within this mis- and disinformation ecosystem in Ireland.
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Hate of the Nation: A Landscape Mapping of Observable, Plausibly Hateful Speech on Social Media
This analysis produced by ISD for Ofcom explores the scale and nature of ‘plausibly hateful’ English-language content collected from Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Reddit and 4chan.
Tangled Web: The Interconnected Online Landscape of Hate Speech, Extremism, Terrorism and Harmful Conspiracy Movements in the UK
This digital snapshot produced by ISD for Ofcom outlines the online landscape of terrorism, extremism and hate speech related to the United Kingdom.
Active Clubs: The Growing Threat of ‘White Nationalism 3.0’ across the United States
Active Clubs are white nationalist extremist groups that emphasise physical fitness and hand-to-hand combat skills and have a history of violence. The number of these clubs are increasing in the US, Canada and Europe, posing a threat to public safety.
Neue Plattformen und Technologien: Ein Überblick zur aktuellen Bedrohungslage und ihrer politischen Implikationen
This is the German translation of a policy paper, providing an overview on the risks of emerging platforms and technologies, and identifying a series of policy implications. It analyses ‘decentralised’, ‘generative’, and ‘immersive’ technologies regarding their impact on disinformation, hate and extremism.
Misogynie als Vektor der Radikalisierung: Empfohlene Maßnahmen für Plattformen zur Erkennung und Eindämmung von geschlechtsspezifischer Online-Gewalt
This is the German translation of a DPL paper proposing measures to assess and mitigate online gender-based violence, emphasising the connections with different extremisms.
In the Blind Spot: Right-Wing Extremist Online Radicalisation
This is the English translation of the report of ISD Germany’s 2022 annual conference on right-wing extremist platform use.
The Greens as Enemies during the Gas Price Crisis 2022 – Second Methodological Exploration in the NOTORIOUS Project
As part of the second phase of the project “Cross-Platform Identification, Monitoring, and Modelling of Disinformation Dissemination Patterns (NOTORIOUS),” this report examines the social media debate about the gas price crisis in Germany as a case study with broad political, economic and social relevance.
Narrative über den Krieg Russlands gegen die Ukraine (NUK)
This report presents the key findings from a project targeting disinformation narratives against Ukrainian refugees within Russian- and Arabic-speaking communities in Germany, outlining the process of creation of four counter videos and an evaluation of the videos' dissemination.
Erforschung des sich im Wandel begriffenen Online-Ökosystems: Telegram, Discord und Odysee
This report is the German translation of our case studies on Telegram, Discord and Odysee seeking to apply different methodological approaches to analyse platforms that primarily present technological, ethical and legal, difficulties for researchers.