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

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.

March 1, 2021

Violent anti-lockdown protests in Ireland: Aoife Gallagher on RTÉ Radio 1

Aoife Gallagher discusses how the the Gardaí handled anti-lockdown protests in Ireland on Saturday, 27 February, on RTÉ Radio 1.

February 16, 2021

Telegram and the post-organisational extremism paradigm

An article by the SPLC draws on analysis from ISD to explain the changing dynamics of right-wing extremist activity.

February 10, 2021

Podcast: Aoife Gallagher discusses QAnon global reach on Al Jazeera’s The Take

Aoife Gallagher features in this episode of Al Jazeera's The Take: 'How did the QAnon conspiracy go global?'

January 28, 2021

Cécile Guerin writes for Wired about the yoga world, antivaxxers and QAnon believers

Cécile Guerin writes for Wired about the increasing presence of conspiracy theories, anti-vaxx and QAnon narratives in the wellness community.

January 25, 2021

New QAnon conspiracies about Trump spread on TikTok

Aoife Gallagher is quoted in a Rolling Stone article on the increasing convergence between QAnon and the anti-government Sovereign Citizen movement.