RESOURCES FOR MEDIA

ISD equips media professionals with the analysis, tools and expertise needed to understand, communicate and address the risks posed by extremist propaganda and information manipulation.

We train journalists on the use of our dashboards, toolkits and curricula to help them recognize and counter extremist narratives, hate speech and disinformation. We brief newsrooms - more than 100 local ones in the US since 2024 – to help media outlets report accurately on complex issues related to extremism and social cohesion.

Our experts are routinely interviewed by international outlets to provide clarity on extremism, terrorism, hate speech and information warfare, including in the wake of major global crises.

Please get in touch if you have any media-related queries: [email protected].

Featured Media Mentions

July 14, 2026

ISD finds mainstream social media platforms refer users to ‘nudify’ apps

ISD's new report found platforms are referring users to sites where they can generate nonconsensual intimate imagery through 'nudify' apps.

May 8, 2026

Iran’s meme strategy blurs the line between entertainment and propaganda

May 2, 2026

Recommendation systems and the rapid exposure to antisemitism online

April 26, 2026

Active Clubs engage in ‘forest fights’ across US

April 24, 2026

Iran’s novel approach to war propaganda

April 17, 2026

Iran takes new approach to war propaganda

April 17, 2026

ISD report results in disruption of threat to Washington school

April 8, 2026

ISD’s Cody Zoschak featured in CNN documentary on True Crime Community

March 16, 2026

‘Germanic New Medicine’ spreads dangerously on Telegram, ISD finds

Recent Media mentions

August 21, 2026

Recent arrest shows Islamic State’s continued relevance

CNN cited ISD research documenting seven ISIS-inspired plots and attacks in the US in 2025, following eight the year before.

August 19, 2026

Crisis over migration in Europe reveals dangers of manipulated online information

Several viral posts on Instagram, TikTok and other platforms helped drive the recent wave of migration from Morocco to the Spanish enclave of Ceuta.

August 13, 2026

Glorification of perpetrators plays important role in far-right online subcultures

Jungle World interviewed ISD's Jakob Guhl to discuss online subculture's glorification of past perpetrators.

August 13, 2026

ISD’s Katherine Keneally speaks to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution about the True Crime Community

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution interviewed ISD's Katherine Keneally to discuss the true crime community.

August 11, 2026

Social media plays role in border crisis between Spain and Morocco

ISD's Moustafa Ayad spoke to The New York Times about the posts that triggered the crisis in Ceuta.

August 3, 2026

Russian information operations threatens upcoming German elections

Inauthentic posts are circulating German social media targeting the elections, aiming to discredit candidates and portray Germany as divided.

August 2, 2026

Anti-LGBTQ+ hate in extremist movements

The recent terror attack on Berlin's pride parade highlights anti-LGBTQ+ hate within Islamist extremism.

July 28, 2026

Popular image generation models are creating deepfake nudes

WIRED spoke to ISD's Leonie Oehmig about image generation models' problem with explicit deepfakes.