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 22, 2026

ISD’s Milo Comerford discusses new documentary on the Com at UK Parliament

ISD’s Milo Comerford joined an expert panel discussing the findings of the documentary and how to further prevent online violence targeting children.

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

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

Recent Media mentions

November 8, 2023

Cécile Simmons: ‘I debunk wellness misinformation for a living… So, why did I fall for it?’

In an op-ed for Cosmopolitan, ISD's Cécile Simmons shares her own experience falling for wellness misinformation.

November 5, 2023

Antisemitism and anti-Muslim hate speech surges online following Hamas’ terrorist attack

ISD's Hannah Rose told CBS' Face the Nation about our research on rising online antisemitism and anti-Muslim hate speech after the 7 October attacks.

November 3, 2023

Russia, China and Iran’s online approach to the Israel-Hamas conflict

Our investigation on Russia, China and Iran's role in the information war surrounding the Israel-Hamas conflict features in the New York Times.

October 31, 2023

Online antisemitism soars, with a 51-fold surge in antisemitic YouTube comments following Hamas’ attack

Euronews covers ISD's investigation on rising online antisemitism on mainstream and fringe social media platforms following Hamas’ terrorist attack.

October 25, 2023

China, Russia and Iran are exploiting the Israel-Hamas conflict for their benefit

Euronews covers our investigation on China, Russia, and Iran's exploitation of information chaos surrounding the Israel-Hamas conflict.

October 18, 2023

Graphic images of Israel-Hamas conflict being served to children online; mostly on Instagram

The NYT covered our study on the accessibility of graphic material by accounts set up as minors across platforms related to the Israel-Hamas conflict.

October 18, 2023

Pro-Hamas, Terrorist content racks up millions of views on X

ISD analysts found that in one 24-hour period, a sample of pro-Hamas posts reached over 16M views on X despite most violating platform policies.

October 17, 2023

Why the flag found among Hamas equipment isn’t necessarily Islamic State

Moustafa Ayad, ISD's Executive Director of AMEA, spoke to French newspaper Le Figaro about the differences between Hamas and Islamic State.