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

May 29, 2022

New Pro-Kremlin media outlet Southern Front is targeting Russian occupied areas in Ukraine

ISD's Julia Smirnova on pro-Kremlin media outlet Southern Front disseminating misleading claims over areas in Ukraine newly under Russian control.

May 27, 2022

Conspiracists turn to familiar pattern following the Uvalde school shooting

ISD's Melanie Smith comments to Grid News about how "conspiracy theories thrive" in moments of crises like the Uvalde school shooting.   

May 26, 2022

Australians dissatisfied with election outcome turn to baseless voter fraud theories

ISD's Elise Thomas spoke with VICE News about the general conspiracist sentiment setting over Australia since the general elections in May.

May 21, 2022

Buffalo shooting highlights rise in online extremism related to the pandemic

ISD analyst Ciarán O'Connor features in this article for ABC News speaking about the uptick in online radicalisation since the pandemic.

May 20, 2022

The Great Replacement theory gains a footing among the Irish far right

ISD analyst Aoife Gallagher spoke to the Irish Independent about the significance of the Great Replacement theory among the Irish far right.

May 19, 2022

Elon Musk links Twitter bid to bot numbers, raising privacy and transparency issues

ISD’s Iris Boyer questions the balance between the right to privacy and transparency issues on social media.

May 19, 2022

Alt-platforms refusing to remove hate content is giving way to further radicalisation

ISD's Tim Squirrell in conversation with CNN Business on alt-platforms failing to take down extremist content.

May 18, 2022

Gaming-adjacent platforms: A gateway to extremism?

Jacob Davey spoke to Tortoise about findings from ISD's Gaming and Extremism series in light of the mass shooting in Buffalo, New York.