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

October 18, 2023

Pro-Hamas, Terrorist content racks up millions of views on X

ISD analysts found that in one 24-hour period, a sample of pro-Hamas posts reached over 16M views on X despite most violating platform policies.

October 17, 2023

Why the flag found among Hamas equipment isn’t necessarily Islamic State

Moustafa Ayad, ISD's Executive Director of AMEA, spoke to French newspaper Le Figaro about the differences between Hamas and Islamic State.

October 16, 2023

Far left, far right antisemitism likely to rise amid Israel-Hamas conflict

POLITICO features our Explainer on far-left antisemitism, explaining how there has been a long history of conflating Jews, Zionism and Israel.

October 15, 2023

Disinformation around climate change largely targeting solutions, not denying global warming

ISD's Jennie King spoke to NPR about how climate solutions such as the 15-minute city urban planning model are under attack from conspiracy theorists.

October 10, 2023

Social media platforms inundated with unverified claims about Israel and Gaza

ISD's Executive Director for AMEA, Moustafa Ayad, told NPR about the dangers of unverified sources being left to gain traction around Israel and Gaza.

October 10, 2023

The role of Tucker Carlson in Russian state media’s propaganda strategy

In an op-ed for the Moscow Times, ISD's Elise Thomas discusses Tucker Carlson's ubiquity in Russian media despite not working for or with state media.

October 9, 2023

Europol and EU leads removal of over 2,000 terrorist content posts on TikTok

Spanish outlet Newtral cited an ISD investigation In reporting on efforts against terrorist and violent extremist content on TikTok.

September 16, 2023

Julia Ebner on the ‘conspiracy mentality’: How it starts and how it evolves

ISD’s Julia Ebner spoke to RNZ about how extremist ideas and conspiracy mentalities are becoming mainstream and what is causing it.