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 19, 2021

How misogynistic hate benefits from algorithms and propels through social media

ISD's Chloe Colliver joins journalist Marianna Spring's investigation on how social media algorithms promote hate toward women.

September 28, 2021

Popular funding services are being used by well-known extremists to finance their activity

ISD Germany and the Global Disinformation Index found that German far-right groups and actors are using well-known funding services on their websites.

September 20, 2021

Far-right extremists live out fantasies on gaming platforms

ISD's Jacob Davey spoke with BBC Click about far-right extremist activity on gaming platforms.

September 10, 2021

Prioritizing human rights in the aftermath of the so-called War on Terror

The global War on Terror has further fueled extremist discourse around the world, according to ISD's Moustafa Ayad.

September 7, 2021

Twenty years later: Sasha Havlicek on the global impact of the 9/11 attacks

ISD's CEO, Sasha Havlicek, speaks with Sky News about the global implications of the War on Terror.

August 27, 2021

The far-right and alt-right find common ground with the Taliban

ISD’s Moustafa Ayad provides insight to the New York Times in this piece on "Right Wingers who Admire the Taliban."

August 25, 2021

Hate in plain sight: Extremists unchecked activity spreads on TikTok

Ciarán O’Connor’s research on the state of hate on TikTok is featured in articles by POLITICO Europe, USA Today, Jewish Insider, PBS and The Journal.

August 12, 2021

Far-right gamers on Steam and Discord, an uncensored community

Our findings on popular gaming platforms Steam, Discord, DLive and Twitch, are featured in this article for WIRED UK.