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

March 7, 2022

Sasha Havlicek on the battle against Putin: “There are seeds of hope, if we can sustain it”

Sasha Havlicek joined Sky News' 'The Great Debate' during primetime as a panelist, debating the question: Can the West stop Vladimir Putin?

March 4, 2022

Telegram falls behind in following EU ban on Russian-state media

ISD analyst and Russia expert Julia Smirnova speaks with POLITICO about far-right activity on Telegram.

March 4, 2022

Ciarán O’Connor: TikTok is at the forefront of Russia’s propaganda war

ISD's Ciarán O'Connor comments to AP News about the significance of TikTok in Russia's information war.

March 3, 2022

Experts come together to define ‘extremism’

ISD has joined with the Polarization and Extremism Research Innovation Lab (PERIL) at the American University in Washington to define 'extremism.'

March 2, 2022

Putin’s “infowar” over Ukraine creates a “perfect environment” for fake content

ISD's Julia Smirnova, features in a podcast with German newspaper FAZ about deliberate false reporting during the Ukraine Russia war.

February 27, 2022

Union between antivaxxers and conspiracists will likely outlive the pandemic

In an interview for the Independent, Milo Comerford and Jacob Davey comment on the social effects COVID-19 may have across the political spectrum.

February 22, 2022

‘Canberra Convoy’ wants a slice of the silent majority

Elise Thomas talks to ABC's 7.30 about the Australian protests against COVID-19 vaccine mandates and restrictions taking place in the capital.

February 21, 2022

Algorithms and pandemic pressure: The perfect storm on social media

ISD's CEO Sasha Havlicek went on BBC Radio 4’s series ‘Death by Conspiracy’ discussing the effects of the changing social media algorithmic landscape.