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

September 27, 2022

Moustafa Ayad on ISD’s work in addressing lack of research in Middle Eastern Nazi networks

ISD's Moustafa Ayad discusses Middle Eastern Nazis, the lack of research on modern digital networks, and ISD's work in the field.

September 23, 2022

Fringe online communities in France adopt US voter fraud narratives

ISD's Cécile Simmons writes for Le Monde about US-adopted voter fraud narratives circulating across social media during the 2022 French election.

September 23, 2022

Stock music song twice appropriated by QAnon and Trump

ISD’s Jared Holt spoke to the Washington Post about the latest Donald Trump and QAnon crossover: an innocuous stock music song.

September 22, 2022

ISD’s report on pro-Kremlin Twitter users shared by major Italian newspapers ahead of elections

ISD's investigation into 500 pro-Kremlin Twitter accounts ahead of the Italian elections was shared in major Italian newspapers.

September 21, 2022

Far-right livestreamer sets roots in Florida as he awaits sentencing for role on Jan. 6

ISD Senior Manager Jared Holt speaks with the Tampa Bay Times about Gionet's role in "radicalizing followers with his lively, clownish delivery."

September 21, 2022

Meta decreased in value but remains “dominant and important” around the world

ISD's Jared Holt speaks with Axios about why despite decline among "some demographics," Meta's powers and influence will persist.

September 14, 2022

The ‘Big Lie’, an umbrella narrative for modern-day election disinformation

ISD’s Jiore Craig, features in this article for Grid News commenting on the evolution of election misinformation in modern political campaigns.

September 14, 2022

Financial gain and legitimacy: How far-right publishers are benefitting from Amazon

ISD's Elise Thomas spoke to ABC about how Amazon is once again failing to stop the amplification of these extremist books on their platform.