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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

July 13, 2022

Conspiracists and nationalists support Dutch farmers’ protest against climate measures

Katherine Keneally spoke to Grid about the convergence of climate policies and conspiracies currently playing out in the Netherlands.

July 13, 2022

Documentary: The Russian-German perspective on the war in Ukraine

ISD analyst Julia Smirnova features in this documentary for SWR about the role of Russian-language propaganda amongst Russian-Germans.

July 11, 2022

‘Self-initiated terrorists’ reference the ‘Great Replacement’ in far-right attacks

ISD's Tim Squirrell featured in the VICE documentary 'The Replacement Conspiracy Inspired Mass Shootings'.

July 10, 2022

Time to restore the ‘forgotten right’

Zahed Amanullah spoke to the Times after a session on the digital world at the International Ministerial Conference on Freedom of Religion or Belief.

July 8, 2022

Vulnerabilities and red flags are crucial to the intervention of mass shootings

ISD's Head of Communications and Editorial Tim Squirrell spoke to NBC Chicago in the wake of the Highland Park shooting that left seven people dead.

July 7, 2022

Vovan and Lexus: Pranksters or political actors?

ISD's Julia Smirnova, spoke to TV magazine ARD Kontraste about Russian 'comedians' Vovan and Lexus and their relation to the Russian state.

July 6, 2022

‘Gore-posting’ and the online footprint of the Highland Park shooter

ISD's Melanie Smith spoke to NPR about the online footprint and radicalisation trajectory of the Highland Park shooter and those like him.

July 3, 2022

Aoife Gallagher: Social platforms lack the ‘will’ or ‘ability’ to tackle misinformation

ISD analyst Aoife Gallagher commented to The Independent about how current response efforts to misinformation are not enough.