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

October 9, 2026

Scam advertisements promoting concealed carry permits target vulnerable populations

Straight Arrow covered ISD's recent Dispatch on scam advertisements and interviewed Analyst Will DiGravio.

October 6, 2026

Recent German state elections show Russian information operations’ renewed focus

September 28, 2026

Islamic State’s decentralized digital ecosystem

September 23, 2026

Voters increasingly rely on AI for election questions, raising concerns about information accuracy

September 4, 2026

NBC, NYT, POLITICO and more feature ISD’s report on AI chatbot responses to election questions

September 2, 2026

Canada must modernize school violence prevention amid diverse threat environment

August 19, 2026

Crisis over migration in Europe reveals dangers of manipulated online information

July 14, 2026

ISD finds mainstream social media platforms refer users to ‘nudify’ apps

July 8, 2026

The serious threat posed by Patriot Front

Recent Media mentions

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.

November 4, 2021

ISD’s climate monitoring “War Room” keeps watch over misinformation activity during COP26

ISD and partners monitored Climate Dashboards during COP26 for mis- and disinformation trends and attacks targeting the Summit.