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 13, 2022

Scepticism around the Colorado shooting suspect’s pronoun choice

ISD's Jared Holt spoke with NBC News about the "immediate" scepticism he felt when he heard the Colorado shooting suspect identified as nonbinary.

December 12, 2022

The plot to overthrow the German government, explained

Jakob Guhl explains the plot to overthrow the German government and its links to the QAnon conspiracy theory.

December 9, 2022

A judge, an aristocrat & other high society members among suspects arrested over coup plot in Germany

ISD's Jakob Guhl commented to Reuters on the Reichsbürger raid that resulted in 25 arrests for allegedly plotting to overthrow the German government.

December 9, 2022

Instagram & TikTok suggested abusive hashtags related to US female candidates, ISD finds

ISD analysis found TikTok and Instagram prompted abusive hashtags to users searching for female political candidates in the 2022 US midterms.

December 8, 2022

Russian connection to foiled coup plot to overthrow the German government

ISD Research Manager Jakob Guhl provided some context to Newsweek in their investigation on the Reichsbürger group's connections to Russia.

December 4, 2022

UK census reveals a drop in Christianity in England & Wales, far-right reacts

ISD researchers spoke to Euronews about the far-right's reaction to UK census data showing Christianity is no longer the majority religion.

December 4, 2022

Celebrity deaths increasingly linked to conspiracies since the pandemic

Aoife Gallagher spoke to Insider about conspiratorial communities' fixation on celebrities, the recent blending of theories and recurring themes.

November 30, 2022

The dark world of incels, what to know and how to help

ISD's Tim Squirrell spoke to iNews about incels, warning signs, and how concerned family and loved ones can help individuals leave this subculture.