RESOURCES FOR MEDIA

ISD equips media professionals with the analysis, tools and expertise needed to understand, communicate and address the risks posed by extremist propaganda and information manipulation.

We train journalists on the use of our dashboards, toolkits and curricula to help them recognize and counter extremist narratives, hate speech and disinformation. We brief newsrooms - more than 100 local ones in the US since 2024 – to help media outlets report accurately on complex issues related to extremism and social cohesion.

Our experts are routinely interviewed by international outlets to provide clarity on extremism, terrorism, hate speech and information warfare, including in the wake of major global crises.

Please get in touch if you have any media-related queries: [email protected].

Featured Media Mentions

May 8, 2026

Iran’s meme strategy blurs the line between entertainment and propaganda

ISD's Bret Schafer talks to the Wall Street Journal about Iran's shift in communications strategy since the beginning of the conflict with the US.

May 2, 2026

Recommendation systems and the rapid exposure to antisemitism online

April 26, 2026

Active Clubs engage in ‘forest fights’ across US

April 24, 2026

Iran’s novel approach to war propaganda

April 17, 2026

Iran takes new approach to war propaganda

April 17, 2026

ISD report results in disruption of threat to Washington school

April 8, 2026

ISD’s Cody Zoschak featured in CNN documentary on True Crime Community

March 16, 2026

‘Germanic New Medicine’ spreads dangerously on Telegram, ISD finds

March 14, 2026

Iran floods global social media with AI content during ongoing conflict

Recent Media mentions

September 4, 2020

Podcast: Aoife Gallagher explains why QAnon is “going global”

In the latest episode of the The Real Story, a podcast from the BBC World Service, Aoife Gallagher provides expert opinion on why QAnon is "going glob

August 21, 2020

Coronavirus: How pro-mask posts boost the anti-mask movement

Chloe Colliver is quoted in this article on First Draft by Carlotta Dotto and Lydia Morrish on anti-masker conspiracy theories being amplified online.

August 11, 2020

Aoife Gallagher interviewed by The Beacon on the QAnon conspiracy theory

ISD's analysis of the key trends in activity around the QAnon conspiracy theory from 2017 to 2020 features in an article from The Beacon.

August 10, 2020

A propaganda battle is playing out in the replies to Trump’s tweets

CNN article based on our report on our case study of a pro-Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Twitter network.

July 23, 2020

QAnon, coronavirus and the conspiracy cult

Aoife Gallagher makes her BBC debut on video report about QAnon, coronavirus and the conspiracy cult.

July 12, 2020

Extremists use BBC theme to trick Facebook into showing vile clips

ISD Deputy Director for Technology, Communications, and Education, is quoted in The Times on how IS circumvents moderation on social media.

July 6, 2020

TikTok’s Boogaloo extremism problem

Chloe Oliver, Head of Digital Policy and Strategy at ISD, is quoted in this BBC report on TikTok's problems with extremism.

July 2, 2020

Facebook targets ‘false news’ amid growing pressure from advertisers

Chloe Colliver, head of the Digital Research Unit at ISD provides insights to this BBC story on 'False News' propagated on Facebook.