For 20 years, ISD has delivered field-leading threat detection, analysis and real-world strategies to combat terrorism, extremism and authoritarianism - in all their ideological forms.

Democratic Integrity

ISD works to detect threats to democracy and democratic institutions around the world. Recent work includes safeguarding election integrity in the United States, the UK, Germany, Canada, France, Kenya, Australia, Ireland and Poland. Our work informs capacity-building efforts for civil society, briefings for national, state and local authorities, and expert testimony for federal committees on threats to democratic processes.

May 27, 2026

All operations on Armenia: Russia’s influence machine targets the vote

Multiple Russian information operations are converging on Armenia in an apparent attempt to influence parliamentary elections on 7 June

Democratic Integrity, Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference, Information Warfare and Online Manipulation

February 12, 2026

No time to lose: Liberal democracies can win the cognitive and hybrid war against authoritarians

Democratic Integrity, Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference, Information Warfare and Online Manipulation

January 13, 2026

Mysterious news source floods Facebook with ads in wake of California redistricting battle

Democratic Integrity, Tech Accountability and Safety

November 28, 2025

Assessment of Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference in the 2025 Czech Parliamentary Election

Democratic Integrity

November 14, 2025

Spoil the vote campaign spreads falsehoods during Irish election

Democratic Integrity, Tech Accountability and Safety

October 31, 2025

Irish Presidential Election 2025: Renewed attacks on election integrity and repeated platform failures

Accountability and Speech Protection, Democratic Integrity

October 30, 2025

From Bucharest to Prague: The spread of the ‘Romanian Scenario’ conspiracy theory in Czechia’s elections

Democratic Integrity, Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference

September 12, 2025

Czechia: Election Risk Assessment | FIMI Response Team Report

Democratic Integrity, Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference

September 8, 2025

Friedrich Merz targeted by Russian campaigns for Support of Ukraine

Democratic Integrity, Information Warfare and Online Manipulation, Targeted Threats, Hate and Abuse

Further Reading

September 4, 2025

Investigation | An anti-Ukrainian community on X: A gateway for Russian propaganda in the Czech information space

A Czech X community of 70 accounts is acting as a conduit for Kremlin propaganda, amplifying anti-Ukraine narratives ahead of the 2025 elections.

Democratic Integrity, Information Warfare and Online Manipulation

August 13, 2025

Election Report: Assessment of Foreign Manipulation and Interference in the 2025 Polish Presidential Election

FIMI-ISAC report on the 2025 Polish election finds persistent foreign information threats, limited impact and key resilience gaps.

Democratic Integrity

July 17, 2025

Operation Overload’s underwhelming influence and evolving tactics

Operation Overload, a Russian-aligned information operation, failed to gain traction in the second quarter of 2025, despite a shift in tactics and tar

Democratic Integrity, Information Warfare and Online Manipulation

July 14, 2025

Towards transparent recommender systems: Lessons from TikTok research ahead of the 2025 German federal election

ISD’s analysis of TikTok’s FYP ahead of Germany’s 2025 election highlights how limited transparency and data access hinder efforts to assess political

Democratic Integrity

July 10, 2025

Country Report: Assessment of Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference (FIMI) in the 2025 German Federal Election

Foreign and domestic actors used AI, bots and fake media to spread disinformation, fueling divides ahead of Germany’s 2025 election.

Democratic Integrity, Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference

June 23, 2025

ISD’s Katherine Keneally on tracking the rise of political violence in the US

ISD’s Katherine Keneally spoke to Vox about political violence in the US—and the growing challenges in tracking, understanding and responding to it.

Democratic Integrity, Targeted Threats, Hate and Abuse, Threat Analysis and Prevention

May 31, 2025

Russian influence campaigns spiked in Poland ahead of presidential election

The Guardian’s Ukraine war briefing featured ISD’s research into a spike in pro-Kremlin influence campaigns in Poland.

Democratic Integrity, Information Warfare and Online Manipulation

May 30, 2025

Investigation | Russia-aligned campaigns amplify negative sentiment towards Ukrainians in Poland ahead of a decisive presidential vote 

Ahead of Poland’s runoff election, pro-Kremlin actors are spreading anti-Ukrainian narratives targeting the country’s largest migrant group.

Anti-Migrant, Democratic Integrity, Targeted Threats, Hate and Abuse, Terrorism and Extremism

May 19, 2025

The ‘Cost of Doing Politics’? Gendered Abuse and Digital Platforms’ Role in Undermining Democracy

ISD finds how TikTok’s failures in moderating online gender-based violence fuels misogyny, silences women’s voices & threatens democracy.

Democratic Integrity, Misogyny, Targeted Threats, Hate and Abuse

May 6, 2025

Conspiracy theories and violence: ISD research featured in New York Times on growing links, political mainstream

A New York Times article on the mainstreaming of conspiracy theories among various US politicians draws on recent ISD research.

Democratic Integrity, Hybrid Extremism and Nihilistic Violence, Threat Analysis and Prevention

12316 Next