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

December 30, 2022

Pandemic prompted an increase in conspiratorial thinking, online extremism

ISD's Tim Squirrell and Jacob Davey discuss on BBC the rise of online extremism linked to the pandemic's ongoing effects.

December 29, 2022

Extremists attempted to justify the mass shooting in Colorado with anti-LGBTQ discourse

Moustafa Ayad spoke to WaPo on the influx of far-right groups and influencers attempting 'to justify the Colorado mass shooting' on social media.

December 28, 2022

Salafi-jihadist groups adapt to social media security measures in order to keep up online propaganda

ISD's Simeon Dukić discusses Salafi-jihadist groups adapting online tactics to target Albanian speakers with Balkan Insight.

December 22, 2022

Jakob Guhl: QAnon and Reichsbürger movements are “perfectly compatible”

Jakob Guh spoke to GRID about the interplay between QAnon and Reichsbürger narratives in Germany.

December 22, 2022

ISD’s Francesca Arcostanzo talks BEAM, disinformation research and monitoring major world events

ISD's Francesca Arcostanzo features in Arete News discussing our award-winning tool BEAM and its use in monitoring major events around the world.

December 20, 2022

Conspiracists resort to ‘cover-up’ narratives regarding deadly police shoot out in Australia

Elise Thomas spoke to The Guardian about the 'cover-up' conspiracies emerging online after the deadly police shoot-out.

December 19, 2022

Major e-commerce sites profiting and facilitating the sale of extremist-themed merchandise

Yahoo News covered ISD findings on how major e-commerce sites facilitate and profit from the sale of products promoting hate and extremism.

December 14, 2022

Is the Colorado shooter “trolling” the LGBTQ community?

Clara Martiny comments on the Colorado shooter's pronoun choice could be a way of further "marginalizing" and "dehumanizing" the LGBTQ community.