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.

September 23, 2026

Voters increasingly rely on AI for election questions, raising concerns about information accuracy

The Hill and Factchequeado highlighted ISD's report on AI chatbot responses to election questions.

Democratic Integrity

September 4, 2026

NBC, NYT, POLITICO and more feature ISD’s report on AI chatbot responses to election questions

Democratic Integrity

September 3, 2026

Russian information operations attempt to polarize discourse ahead of German elections

Democratic Integrity, Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference

August 3, 2026

Russian information operations threatens upcoming German elections

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

July 7, 2026

Canada’s local elections face growing foreign interference risks

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

May 27, 2026

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

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

Further Reading

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

November 16, 2022

Election denialism fails to yield results for Republicans in the US midterms

ISD's Jiore Craig spoke to Yahoo News about the importance of keeping watch over election denialism trends.

Democratic Integrity, Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference

November 11, 2022

Anthony DeAngelo: election deniers “are playing the long game” on the road to 2024

ISD's Anthony DeAngelo features in UK's iNews speaking on the 2022 primaries, the impact of election deniers and what to expected for 2024.

Democratic Integrity, Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference

November 9, 2022

Election conspiracists set fraud foundation ahead of the US midterms

ISD provided research and commentary to POLITICO on local election fraud narratives that were spreading ahead of the US midterms.

Democratic Integrity, Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference

November 7, 2022

Social media platforms and the drop box monitoring ecosystem

ISD analyses the efforts of election denialists and others to monitor voting drop boxes in the run-up to the 2022 US mid-terms.

Democratic Integrity, Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference

November 4, 2022

Election disinformation thrives following social media platforms’ shift to short-form video content

ISD explores election-related disinformation on TikTok, YouTube Shorts and Instagram Reels in advance of the 2022 US midterms.

Democratic Integrity, Tech Accountability and Safety

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