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

March 4, 2022

Telegram falls behind in following EU ban on Russian-state media

ISD analyst and Russia expert Julia Smirnova speaks with POLITICO about far-right activity on Telegram.

March 4, 2022

Ciarán O’Connor: TikTok is at the forefront of Russia’s propaganda war

ISD's Ciarán O'Connor comments to AP News about the significance of TikTok in Russia's information war.

March 3, 2022

Experts come together to define ‘extremism’

ISD has joined with the Polarization and Extremism Research Innovation Lab (PERIL) at the American University in Washington to define 'extremism.'

March 2, 2022

Putin’s “infowar” over Ukraine creates a “perfect environment” for fake content

ISD's Julia Smirnova, features in a podcast with German newspaper FAZ about deliberate false reporting during the Ukraine Russia war.

February 27, 2022

Union between antivaxxers and conspiracists will likely outlive the pandemic

In an interview for the Independent, Milo Comerford and Jacob Davey comment on the social effects COVID-19 may have across the political spectrum.

February 22, 2022

‘Canberra Convoy’ wants a slice of the silent majority

Elise Thomas talks to ABC's 7.30 about the Australian protests against COVID-19 vaccine mandates and restrictions taking place in the capital.

February 21, 2022

Algorithms and pandemic pressure: The perfect storm on social media

ISD's CEO Sasha Havlicek went on BBC Radio 4’s series ‘Death by Conspiracy’ discussing the effects of the changing social media algorithmic landscape.

February 17, 2022

The overlaps between the international far right and the spreading ‘Freedom Convoy’

Ciarán O’Connor goes on France 24 to talk about the connections between the Canadian truckers’ convoy and the North American far right.