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 4, 2022

UK sex education play cancelled following backlash by a Spain-based, religiously-linked advocacy group

Kata Balint and Lukasz Janulewicz spoke to VICE World News about CitizenGO, an organisation connected to ultra-conservative groups.

May 1, 2022

Cyber Front Z, the pro-Kremlin troll army spreading propaganda online

Tim Squirrell spoke to Al Jazeera English about Cyber Front Z, a Russian troll farm accused of spreading pro-Kremlin misinformation on social media.

April 27, 2022

YouTube’s algorithm targeting boys and young men with mysoginistic, ‘manosphere’ content

In collaboration with Reset Australia, ISD researchers examined algorithmic recommendations on YouTube and YouTube Shorts.

April 26, 2022

Non-neutrality of search engines evident in the aftermath of the Bucha massacre

ISD’s Iris Boyer spoke with Slate France on the non-neutrality of search engines in the aftermath of the Bucha massacre.

April 21, 2022

Facebook posts disputing Bucha massacre outperform verified sources and information

Posts questioning the atrocities committed in Bucha were shared 208,000 times in the first week of April.

April 20, 2022

RT France, Sputnik ban pushes conspiracists to seek alternative information outlets

ISD analysts Zoé Fourel and Sasha Morinière spoke with French Le Figaro about their findings around the support for RT France and Sputnik.

April 20, 2022

‘Sovereign Citizens,’ the conspiracists that believe they are above local laws

Ciarán O'Connor talks to VICE about the intersection between the long-standing anti-government 'Sovereign Citizen' ideology and COVID-19.

April 19, 2022

The “Mosaic Project:” ISD’s joint initiative to combat disinformation during the Australian federal election

ISD's Head of Digital Integrity, Jiore Craig, spoke to SBS News about the Mosaic Project, a joint initiative tracking disinformation.