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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

November 24, 2021

Gen-Z Salafi followers turn to far-right memes further reinforcing dividing lines

ISD's Milo Comerford and Moustafa Ayad spoke with MEL magazine about Gen-Z and the digital Salafi ecosystem.

November 23, 2021

Left or right? Islamism at the center of a culture war lacking religious representation

UnHerd cites our report "Islamogram: Salafism and Alt-Right Online Subcultures" to better explain the overlap between Salafi Gen Zers and leftism.

November 19, 2021

Violent video against US representative AOC stirs up debate around online misogyny

Our Chloe Colliver spoke with The Hill about the handling by social media platforms in dealing with the video directed at AOC.

November 13, 2021

Repurposing COVID-19 conspiracy theories among climate change sceptics

Our Jennie King features in BBC’s The Denial Files where she speaks about how different groups and movements have repurposed and weaponised COVID-19.

November 12, 2021

Climate-narrative hijacking by extremists and conspiracists threatens COP26 summit efforts

Our Jennie King has been onsite at COP26 with partner organisations monitoring dashboards analysing trends, posts and narratives.

November 12, 2021

COVID vaccine sceptics are getting mandated doses and then turning to questionable “vaxx detoxes”

Our Ciarán O'Connor spoke with NBC News about viral "vaccine detoxes" and detrimental social media platform designs.

November 8, 2021

Julia Ebner: “Misogyny is a central part of hateful extremism” and should be recognized as a hate crime

The rise of the incels movement may be linked to the outbreak of the pandemic, according to our Julia Ebner.

November 5, 2021

Russian state propaganda fuels COVID-19-related conspiracies among German social media

Our research exposes the influence RT DE on YouTube and how it became one of the most shared sources within the COVID-19 sceptic community.