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 24, 2022

Meta is losing focus on election integrity two weeks ahead of the US midterms

ISD’s Melanie Smith discussed Facebook and Meta’s role in spreading election misinformation with Bloomberg’s Parmy Olson ahead of the US midterms.

October 24, 2022

Surge in election poll watchers part of bigger conspiratorial trend

ISD’s Jiore Craig features in TIME speaking about the surge in poll watchers since the ‘Stop the Steal’ movement first began.

October 24, 2022

ISD’s Julia Smirnova features in ‘Putin, Peace and Plandemic’, the first episode of Interferenzen

ISD’s Julia Smirnova discusses the far right’s connection to conspiracy ideology in Germany and Russian state propaganda.

October 23, 2022

Jared Holt on the far-right: “When people tell you who they are, you should believe them”

ISD's Jared Holt spoke with the Guardian about the open-ness in which the far-right has publicised some of their more extreme views.

October 20, 2022

Confronting misinformation as it spreads across multiple platforms

ISD's Jared Holt spoke to The New York Times about the challenges of confronting misinformation online as content moves across platforms.

October 18, 2022

Reversal of Roe v. Wade sparks influx of abortion misinformation on social media

ISD shared with Axios our upcoming report focusing on the 100 days since the US Supreme Court decision that overturned the right to abortion access.

October 17, 2022

Trump fans urging for rise in poll watchers ahead of midterms

Some Trump fans are already accusing Democrats of voter fraud and are calling for a rise in poll watchers.

October 14, 2022

How French politicians use social media, sometimes inauthentically, to their advantage

Analyst Zoé Fourel told Next Inpact about ISD France's findings on inauthentic online behaviour linked to far-right candidate Eric Zemmour's campaign.