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

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

November 4, 2022

Twitter layoffs clear the way for election misinformation ahead of the US midterms

ISD's Katherine Keneally spoke to the Washington Post about how the recent cuts to Twitter's workforce may impact the US elections this week.

Democratic Integrity, Tech Accountability and Safety

October 28, 2022

ISD’s Jiore Craig: Be vigilant on election day, but not intimidated

ISD's Jiore Craig discussed US "extreme actions," domestic threats, and Twitter's future with Elon Musk on CNN.

Democratic Integrity, Tech Accountability and Safety

October 26, 2022

Pressure on platforms to curb election misinformation weeks away from midterms

ISD’s Jiore Craig features in Axios speaking on past election misinformation issues and how platforms continue to fail to address the issues.

Democratic Integrity, Tech Accountability and Safety

October 24, 2022

Meta is losing focus on election integrity two weeks ahead of the US midterms

ISD’s Melanie Smith discussed Facebook and Meta’s role in spreading election misinformation with Bloomberg’s Parmy Olson ahead of the US midterms.

Democratic Integrity, Tech Accountability and Safety

October 24, 2022

Surge in election poll watchers part of bigger conspiratorial trend

ISD’s Jiore Craig features in TIME speaking about the surge in poll watchers since the ‘Stop the Steal’ movement first began.

Democratic Integrity, Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference

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