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

July 14, 2026

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

ISD's new report found platforms are referring users to sites where they can generate nonconsensual intimate imagery through 'nudify' apps.

May 8, 2026

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

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

Recent Media mentions

July 31, 2022

Facebook’s structural struggle in flagging terrorist content in Kenya, African countries

Moustafa Ayad spoke with the WaPo about ISD's two-year investigation into the online media ecosystem of al-Shabaab and the Islamic State in Africa.

July 30, 2022

QAnon, the COVID-19 incubator and the hybridised threat landscape

Melanie Smith spoke to BBC Trending about the evolving threat posed by QAnon and weaponised conspiracy theories.

July 30, 2022

‘First Amendment auditors’ capture and capitalise on confrontations

Ciarán O'Connor spoke to the Baltimore Sun about the growing online community of 'First Amendment auditors'.

July 28, 2022

Arabic social media is a ‘Wild West’ for disinformation

ISD’s Moustafa Ayad shares with POLITICO evidence of a network of fake accounts pushing disinformation in Arabic.

July 26, 2022

Trump leans on Dutch farmers’ protest against climate measures to rally US base: “You’re next”

Katherine Keneally spoke with AD about why the Dutch farmers' protests are resonating in the US, particularly among the far right and conspiracists.

July 25, 2022

QAnon boom fades as the U.S. inches closer to primary elections

Jared Holt spoke to NYT about how supporting QAnon in the US doesn't necessarily equate to a successful campaign ahead of the 2022 primary election.

July 21, 2022

Lea Gerster: Populist conspiracies thrive in moments of desperation

ISD's Lea Gerster features in this newsletter for Coda story, commenting on why people turn to conspiracies in moments of desperation.

July 20, 2022

Banned-RT content is making its way across Europe

Leading Spanish-language outlet El País published an exclusive about how RT content is "tricking" the system in place.