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

October 23, 2022

Jared Holt on the far-right: “When people tell you who they are, you should believe them”

ISD's Jared Holt spoke with the Guardian about the open-ness in which the far-right has publicised some of their more extreme views.

Democratic Integrity, Far-Right Extremism, Terrorism and Extremism

October 17, 2022

Trump fans urging for rise in poll watchers ahead of midterms

Some Trump fans are already accusing Democrats of voter fraud and are calling for a rise in poll watchers.

Democratic Integrity, Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference, Information Warfare and Online Manipulation, Threat Analysis and Prevention

October 14, 2022

How French politicians use social media, sometimes inauthentically, to their advantage

Analyst Zoé Fourel told Next Inpact about ISD France's findings on inauthentic online behaviour linked to far-right candidate Eric Zemmour's campaign.

Democratic Integrity, Far-Right Extremism, Terrorism and Extremism

October 8, 2022

GOP gubernatorial candidate claims she is prepared for office thanks to her media career

Tudor Dixon, who pushed conspiracy theories on her show 'Real America News', is aiming to unseat Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.

Democratic Integrity, Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference, Targeted Threats, Hate and Abuse

September 29, 2022

Trump re-energizes QAnon community just weeks ahead of the midterm elections

Senior Research Manager Jared Holt features in VICE News' article about Trump's recent activity endorsing the QAnon community.

Democratic Integrity, Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference, Targeted Threats, Hate and Abuse

September 23, 2022

Fringe online communities in France adopt US voter fraud narratives

ISD's Cécile Simmons writes for Le Monde about US-adopted voter fraud narratives circulating across social media during the 2022 French election.

Democratic Integrity

September 22, 2022

ISD’s report on pro-Kremlin Twitter users shared by major Italian newspapers ahead of elections

ISD's investigation into 500 pro-Kremlin Twitter accounts ahead of the Italian elections was shared in major Italian newspapers.

Democratic Integrity, Information Warfare and Online Manipulation

September 14, 2022

The ‘Big Lie’, an umbrella narrative for modern-day election disinformation

ISD’s Jiore Craig, features in this article for Grid News commenting on the evolution of election misinformation in modern political campaigns.

Democratic Integrity, Information Warfare and Online Manipulation

September 8, 2022

Jared Holt: Trump is openly promoting QAnon theories and supporters on Truth Social

In The Daily Beast, ISD's Jared Holt argues it's a mistake to give Donald Trump plausible deniability for promoting QAnon on Truth Social.

Democratic Integrity, Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference, Terrorism and Extremism

September 4, 2022

ABC News host asks White House adviser about ISD’s findings following Biden’s speech on the ‘MAGA’ threat

ABC News’ Martha Raddatz asked Keisha Lance Bottoms about ISD’s findings after Biden’s primetime speech on “MAGA” threats to democracy.

Democratic Integrity, Far-Right Extremism, Targeted Threats, Hate and Abuse, Terrorism and Extremism

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