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 21, 2021

Who are the French far-right feminists in politics, and what do they want?

ISD France analyst Iris Boyer joins journalist Daphne Deschamps, discussing self-proclaimed ‘feminist’ politicians on the French far right.

December 20, 2021

Islamic extremists troll each other online and manage to stay under Facebook’s radar

Our Moustafa Ayad shared with POLITICO evidence of extremist groups posting propaganda and hate speech for months.

December 17, 2021

Ciarán O’Connor: “COVID-19 has served as a catalyst for radicalisation”

Speaking with AP News on his latest report, our Ciarán O'Connor explains how COVID-19 fears have ultimately been exploited by conspiracists.

December 8, 2021

Young jihad supporters incorporate alt-right memes and language in their rise on social media

ISD's research discussing alt-jihadists features in this op-ed article by one of the report authors, Moustafa Ayad.

December 3, 2021

Antisemitism and racist content buried in hours of podcast material on Spotify

ISD's Jacob Davey spoke with Sky News on their investigation into extremist material on the popular streaming platform Spotify.

December 1, 2021

German elections: ISD finds that right-wing party AfD greatly benefitted from the online climate debate

During the 2021 German federal elections, ISD found that Alternative für Deutschland was the party most benefitting from the climate change debate.

November 29, 2021

Far-right supporters and antivaxxers repackage conspiracies during the pandemic

Our Aoife Gallagher features in this article by Vice News on the growing interconnectedness between far-right and antivaccine movements globally.

November 24, 2021

Gen-Z Salafi followers turn to far-right memes further reinforcing dividing lines

ISD's Milo Comerford and Moustafa Ayad spoke with MEL magazine about Gen-Z and the digital Salafi ecosystem.