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

August 11, 2022

FBI’s Mar-a-Lago raid sparks a decentralized backlash from the far right

ISD's Jared Holt spoke to reporters at The Hill about the far-right's reaction to the FBI search at Mar-a-Lago.

August 11, 2022

Pro-Russia propaganda defies platform bans

Analysis by ISD's Elise Thomas has formed part of a weekly newsletter by Coda Story about pro-Russian disinformation.

August 11, 2022

Conspiracies foster community as Trump supporters claim ‘false flag’

ISD's Jared Holt spoke to Insider about the conspiracy narratives emerging after the attempted attack at the FBI office in Cincinnati, Ohio.

August 10, 2022

FBI search at Mar-A-Lago: Civil war calls may soon get too loud on social media

ISD's Jacob Davey features in Bloomberg speaking on the far-rights online reaction to the FBI's search at Mar-A-Lago.

August 9, 2022

UK far-right group attempts to hijack World Indigenous Day with racist contest

ISD's Tim Squirrell spoke to VICE about the "abhorrent" campaign that started three years ago during the Black Lives Matter protests.

August 8, 2022

Poll: Conspiracy theories on the rise as monkeypox surges in the US

Different conspiracies and beliefs from the COVID-19 pandemic are being repurposed for monkeypox.

August 4, 2022

Coalition of actors target Drag Queen Story Hour

Tim Squirrell spoke to CNN about the groups behind the protests currently being held at Drag Queen Story Hour events in libraries across the UK.

August 4, 2022

Op-Ed: TikTok, the new arena for election disinformation

ISD's Ciarán O'Connor wrote an op-ed on the different ways TikTok is being weaponised during election periods in countries all around the world.