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 9, 2026

Scam advertisements promoting concealed carry permits target vulnerable populations

Straight Arrow covered ISD's recent Dispatch on scam advertisements and interviewed Analyst Will DiGravio.

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

July 8, 2026

The serious threat posed by Patriot Front

Recent Media mentions

October 5, 2026

Online gaming platforms used to recruit children to 764 network

The Sydney Morning Herald cited ISD's research on the role of gaming communities in 764 recruitment.

September 26, 2026

The increasing phenomenon of explicit deepfakes

La Nación cited ISD's work and spoke to Analyst Leonie Oehmig in its coverage of the spread of explicit deepfakes online.

September 25, 2026

ISD CEO Sasha Havlicek a keynote speaker at UN Women roundtable on technology-facilitated violence

ISD CEO Sasha Havlicek participated in a roundtable organized by Croatia and UN Women to combat technology-facilitated violence.

September 15, 2026

Russian-linked actors target young members of online networks

Russian linked-actors are targeting young people in online groups, called "Com networks" to carry out acts of violence abroad.

September 14, 2026

Explicit deepfake websites removed in historic takedown

WIRED spoke to ISD Analyst Leonie Oehmig about the historic seizure of explicit deepfake websites by the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office.

September 8, 2026

Twenty years on, UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy overlooks role of cities

In an article on IPI Global Observatory, Eric Rosand wrote about the state of the UN's counterterrorism strategy 20 years after its adoption.

September 3, 2026

Russian information operations attempt to polarize discourse ahead of German elections

Der Spiegel interviewed ISD's Pablo Maristany de las Casas on Russia's information campaigns targeting upcoming German elections.

September 2, 2026

Australian Broadcasting Corporation interviews ISD’s Moustafa Ayad on Ceuta border crisis

ISD's Moustafa Ayad spoke on ABC Radio National about the events leading up to the Ceuta border crisis and the role of information operations.