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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 26, 2022

Platforms’ content moderation efforts fall short in Kenya

The Standard cites ISD research in their reporting on Kenya's information landscape and the potential danger posed by large social media platforms.

August 25, 2022

LGBTQ+ monkeypox hate speech spreads on Twitter

ISD's Aoife Gallagher speaks to Euronews about her recent investigations looking into monkeypox conversations on Twitter.

August 23, 2022

Irish Gardaí monitoring online circles as conspiracists “predictably” latch on to monkeypox

ISD's Aoife Gallagher spoke to The Journal about how Irish conspiracy circles have latched on to monkeypox in the same way they did with COVID-19.

August 23, 2022

Saba Yassin on ISD’s Youth Civic Action Academy in Jordan

Saba Yassin, ISD's Jordan Program Manager, features on Radio Amman FM speaking about ISD and the Youth Civic Action Academy project.

August 23, 2022

Six months of war in Ukraine and a decade of disinformation

Ciarán O'Connor has written for the Irish Examiner, sharing his observations from the past six months investigating the war in Ukraine.

August 22, 2022

Fatwa against novelist Salman Rushdie unites Islamist extremists around the world

A religious order issued by an Islamic leader over 33 years ago in Iran is unifying extremists globally following the attack on Salman Rushdie.

August 19, 2022

TikTok is struggling to detect extremist content following Mar-a-Lago search

ISD's Katherine Keneally features on a segment of NPR's Here & Now on the current state of TikTok following the Mar-a-Lago raid earlier this month.

August 19, 2022

Katherine Keneally on the rise of far-right extremism in the US

ISD's Katherine Keneally speaks about the rise of extremism in the US and why it will require a dynamic response.