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October 23, 2026

Social media platforms’ role in amplifying extremist communities

The New Yorker interviewed ISD Senior Director Katherine Keneally on social media's role in amplifying the threat posed by online extremism.

October 22, 2026

ISD’s Milo Comerford discusses new documentary on The Com at UK Parliament

October 22, 2026

AI integration and its risks heading into US midterms

October 15, 2026

ISD’s Julia Ebner discusses her new book on politicization of extreme masculinity

October 15, 2026

Nidal Hasan becomes fixture in extremist propaganda amid discussions of public execution

October 13, 2026

The state of Russian information operations following attacks on Russian data centers

October 9, 2026

Scam advertisements promoting concealed carry permits target vulnerable populations

October 6, 2026

Recent German state elections show Russian information operations’ renewed focus

September 28, 2026

Islamic State’s decentralized digital ecosystem

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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.

July 28, 2026

What Andrew Tate’s arrest means for his manosphere following

ISD's Sid Venkataramakrishnan joined TalkTV to discuss Andrew Tate's recent arrest and the manosphere writ large.

July 27, 2026

Where Islamist and far-right targeting of queer people meet

ISD's Jakob Guhl spoke to RBB's radio3 about how Islamist extremists target the queer community.

July 24, 2026

Highlighting ISD research on AI chatbots and radicalisation risks

A recent post by the Council on Technology and Social Cohesion highlighted ISD’s new report on the role of AI chatbots in radicalisation.

July 23, 2026

Canadian nationalist group promotes self-proclaimed ‘Bigotfest’ on social media

CBC cited ISD's research on Second Sons Canada after the group promoted a self-proclaimed "Bigotfest" on social media.

July 14, 2026

UFC terror plotters’ motivations raise questions about threat prioritization

The men indicted in plot targeting the White House UFC event held a wide variety of grievances, prompting questions about threat prioritization.

July 13, 2026

Extremists are using AI to build propaganda — and plan attacks

ISD's Moustafa Ayad tells DW how the jihad ecosystem is using AI to spread their propaganda.