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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 4, 2022

Op-Ed: TikTok, the new arena for election disinformation

ISD's Ciarán O'Connor wrote an op-ed on the different ways TikTok is being weaponised during election periods in countries all around the world. 

August 3, 2022

Extremist ‘educational’ resources radicalising young people online

ISD's Julia Ebner and Jacob Davey spoke to the Guardian about the strategies and resources extremists are using to radicalise young people.

August 3, 2022

Proposal to broaden Prevent programme conflates ‘hate’ with ‘extremism’

Milo Comerford spoke to Leading Britain's Conversation about a proposal to broaden the UK's definition of 'extremism'.

August 3, 2022

Melanie Smith on combatting domestic terrorism in the US

Head of ISD's Digital Analysis Unit, Melanie Smith, features in this podcast talking about the threat of radicalized violence, Jan. 6, and more.

August 2, 2022

PC Mag reports on ISD’s findings about moderation gaps and terrorist content proliferation

PC Magazine features ISD's findings about how moderation gaps in non-English language allow for the proliferation of violent and terrorist content.

July 31, 2022

AI falling short in moderating extremist content on Facebook

ISD's Moustafa Ayad spoke to the Washington Post about the problem of extremist and terrorist content on Facebook in Kenya.

July 31, 2022

Facebook’s structural struggle in flagging terrorist content in Kenya, African countries

Moustafa Ayad spoke with the WaPo about ISD's two-year investigation into the online media ecosystem of al-Shabaab and the Islamic State in Africa.

July 30, 2022

QAnon, the COVID-19 incubator and the hybridised threat landscape

Melanie Smith spoke to BBC Trending about the evolving threat posed by QAnon and weaponised conspiracy theories.
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