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

May 8, 2026

Iran’s meme strategy blurs the line between entertainment and propaganda

ISD's Bret Schafer talks to the Wall Street Journal about Iran's shift in communications strategy since the beginning of the conflict with the US.

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

March 14, 2026

Iran floods global social media with AI content during ongoing conflict

Recent Media mentions

July 3, 2022

Aoife Gallagher: Social platforms lack the ‘will’ or ‘ability’ to tackle misinformation

ISD analyst Aoife Gallagher commented to The Independent about how current response efforts to misinformation are not enough. 

July 3, 2022

Pro-Kremlin campaign blaming EU, US on food security crisis gains traction in Africa

ISD’s Moustafa Ayad spoke to Bloomberg about the pro-Kremlin narratives being deployed in Africa to redirect blame for the global food crisis.

June 30, 2022

Son of ‘brutal dictator’ elected president of the Philippines with the assistance of TikTok

ISD's Ciarán O'Connor spoke to the Washington Post about the role of TikTok in the election campaign of Bongbong Marcos in the Philippines.

June 28, 2022

How foreign influence was barred from interfering in the 2022 French elections

ISD's Iris Boyer spoke with AFP about our findings on the resiliency of the French online ecosystem during the 2022 elections.

June 22, 2022

Social media business models inducing hate and polarisation online

ISD’s Iris Boyer joined a panel on France’s LCP discussing the spread of online hate and the role social networks play.

June 17, 2022

Young Cities North Macedonia provides platform for issue-based dialogue

Albanian-language national broadcaster Alsat covered Young Cities' recent event, the Youth Policy and Engagement Forum.

June 16, 2022

Amnesty International responds to our findings on Facebook’s failure in stopping extremist content in East Africa

Amnesty International and HAKI Africa released a joint statement expressing "deep concern" over our findings about Facebook's moderation failures.

June 15, 2022

Facebook fails to identify terrorist content threatening East Africa

Our recent report documenting the unmoderated spread of terrorist content on Facebook in East Africa is featured by AP News.