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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

Recent Media mentions

August 20, 2023

Jennie King: Climate change policy in the UK is feeding into “cultural confrontation and identity politics”

ISD’s Jennie King told Euronews how the climate crisis has been weaponised and is now central to culture wars in the UK.

August 18, 2023

Jared Holt on new images of Trump’s lawyer following Alex Jones around on January 6

ISD’s Jared Holt comments on new CNN evidence placing Trump’s lawyer Kenneth Chesebro at the attempted insurrection on January 6, 2021.

August 15, 2023

Sasha Havlicek on reactions against public interest research: “Who’s the censor now?”

ISD CEO Sasha Havlicek spoke with WIRED about the backlash ISD received after finding a spike in antisemitism after Elon Musk took over Twitter.

August 11, 2023

Americans resorting to violence to solve differences, officials in the crosshairs

ISD’s Katherine Keneally speaks to NPR about the current threat landscape in the US following the death of a Utah man who pointed a gun at FBI agents.

August 11, 2023

Jared Holt: “‘I’m just joking’ is a lazy defense for creating harmful content”

Jared Holt spoke to Rolling Stone about homesteading content creator Wranglerstar's use of more extreme content, pushing back on humour as an excuse.

August 2, 2023

World’s second largest coffee chain becomes the target of an anti-LGBTQ+ campaign

NBC News references our research findings on anti-LGBTQ+ discourse in the US and how it is being replicated in countries around the world.

July 31, 2023

Julia Ebner: Is it too late to stop democracies from being taken over by conspiratorial thinking?

ISD Senior Resident Research Fellow Julia Ebner wrote an op-ed for The Guardian about how conspiracy thinking has seeped into the mainstream.

July 30, 2023

Video games, the new backdrop for the Russian information war

ISD’s Jacob Davey was interviewed by The New York Times about how pro-Kremlin actors are using Minecraft to reach a vulnerable young audience.