For 20 years, ISD has delivered field-leading threat detection, analysis and real-world strategies to combat terrorism, extremism and authoritarianism - in all their ideological forms.

Home / Media mentions

Featured Media Mentions

Use the filter to narrow down your results by specific issues.

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

December 14, 2022

Is the Colorado shooter “trolling” the LGBTQ community?

Clara Martiny comments on the Colorado shooter's pronoun choice could be a way of further "marginalizing" and "dehumanizing" the LGBTQ community.

December 13, 2022

Scepticism around the Colorado shooting suspect’s pronoun choice

ISD's Jared Holt spoke with NBC News about the "immediate" scepticism he felt when he heard the Colorado shooting suspect identified as nonbinary.

December 12, 2022

The plot to overthrow the German government, explained

Jakob Guhl explains the plot to overthrow the German government and its links to the QAnon conspiracy theory.

December 9, 2022

A judge, an aristocrat & other high society members among suspects arrested over coup plot in Germany

ISD's Jakob Guhl commented to Reuters on the Reichsbürger raid that resulted in 25 arrests for allegedly plotting to overthrow the German government.

December 9, 2022

Instagram & TikTok suggested abusive hashtags related to US female candidates, ISD finds

ISD analysis found TikTok and Instagram prompted abusive hashtags to users searching for female political candidates in the 2022 US midterms.

December 8, 2022

Russian connection to foiled coup plot to overthrow the German government

ISD Research Manager Jakob Guhl provided some context to Newsweek in their investigation on the Reichsbürger group's connections to Russia.

December 4, 2022

UK census reveals a drop in Christianity in England & Wales, far-right reacts

ISD researchers spoke to Euronews about the far-right's reaction to UK census data showing Christianity is no longer the majority religion.

December 4, 2022

Celebrity deaths increasingly linked to conspiracies since the pandemic

Aoife Gallagher spoke to Insider about conspiratorial communities' fixation on celebrities, the recent blending of theories and recurring themes.