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

January 30, 2023

Russian cartoon propaganda linked to paramilitary Wagner group is spreading in Africa

ISD's Zoé Fourel features in an article for French international news agency AFP discussing cartoon videos part of a Russian propaganda operation.

Democratic Integrity, Information Warfare and Online Manipulation

January 9, 2023

Social media giants fall short in Brazil, once again exposing the inequity in mitigating threats to elections

ISD's Jiore Craig discussed with Bloomberg how social media monitoring affects the spread of dangerous fraud theories in international elections.

Democratic Integrity, Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference

January 6, 2023

Two years since Jan 6 Capitol riot, extremist groups continue to find common ground to move forward

ISD Senior Research Manager Jared Holt spoke to USA Today about the state of extremism in the US on the two-year anniversary of the Capitol riot.

Democratic Integrity

December 15, 2022

Monitoring Disinformation and Influence Campaigns in the 2022 French Elections: Lessons Learnt

This report delves into the lessons learnt from monitoring disinformation & influence campaigns in the run-up to the 2022 French elections.

Democratic Integrity, Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference

December 15, 2022

Online Crisis Protocols – Expanding the Regulatory Toolbox to Safeguard Democracy During Crises

This report considers how to balance the DSA's crisis response mechanism against extremism with human rights.

Democratic Integrity, Information Warfare and Online Manipulation, Tech Accountability and Safety, Tech Legislation and Regulation

December 9, 2022

Hate in Plain Sight: Abuse Targeting Women Ahead of the 2022 Midterm Elections on TikTok and Instagram

This report investigates abuse targeting female political figures on TikTok and Instagram ahead of the 2022 midterm elections.

Democratic Integrity, Misogyny, Targeted Threats, Hate and Abuse, Tech Accountability and Safety, Threats to Public Figures

December 9, 2022

Instagram & TikTok suggested abusive hashtags related to US female candidates, ISD finds

ISD analysis found TikTok and Instagram prompted abusive hashtags to users searching for female political candidates in the 2022 US midterms.

Democratic Integrity, Tech Accountability and Safety

December 7, 2022

Boogaloo Movement

The Boogaloo movement is an anti-government, anti-law enforcement extremist militia movement.

Anti-Migrant, Democratic Integrity, Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference, Officials and Law Enforcement, Threats to Public Figures

December 1, 2022

How female politicians were targeted with abuse on TikTok and Instagram ahead of the 2022 US midterms

ISD found platforms failing to enforce policies protecting female candidates, even promoting abusive hashtags related to their names.

Democratic Integrity, Targeted Threats, Hate and Abuse, Tech Accountability and Safety

November 21, 2022

Voter denialism hasn’t disappeared, but not “exciting people” like in 2020

ISD's Senior Research Manager Jared Holt spoke with Axios about how denialism narratives played out during the US midterms earlier this month. 

Democratic Integrity, Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference

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