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

June 16, 2021

Sasha Havlicek quoted on the long-term effectiveness of Facebook’s Oversight Panel

ISD's CEO Sasha Havlicek is quoted in an article for the Wall Street Journal about the long-term effectiveness of Facebook's oversight panel.

May 5, 2021

Extremists shift their focus to green politics ahead of COP-26

Jennie King writes an op-ed for Tortoise on how far-right extremists are turning their attention online to the alleged threat of the green agenda.

April 30, 2021

Far-right activity on Telegram spikes after the death of George Nkencho

In a VICE article which highlights the harmful misinformation spread about George Nkencho and his death by the far-right on Telegram.

April 29, 2021

Amazon responds to ISD’s research about the danger of their algorithm recommendations

Chloe Colliver speaks to USA Today on ISD research finding Amazon’s algorithms recommend potentially harmful content to users.

April 11, 2021

Conspiracy theories, right-wing extremism and radicalisation

Aoife Gallagher is quoted extensively in an article from The Irish Times about conspiracy theories and theorists in the digital age.

April 9, 2021

Arabic-language vaccine misinformation spreads unchecked on Facebook

Moustafa Ayad and Ciarán O'Connor's research on Arabic-language COVID vaccine misinformation on Facebook is exclusively covered by WIRED.

March 29, 2021

Irish users targeted with conspiracy theories through Facebook ads

Milo Comerford is quoted in a Times article about the use of Facebook ads to promote conspiracy theories.

March 20, 2021

BBC Sounds features ISD’s research on Irish conspiracy communities on Facebook

This episode of the BBC Sounds Trending series, "The Anti-Vax Files: How anti-vax went viral," features insight from ISD's Chloe Colliver.