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

April 19, 2022

Trumpists coming together behind ‘Dark MAGA’ in preparation for 2024

ISD's Tim Squirrell spoke to Newsweek about Dark MAGA, a new aesthetic being promoted by both Trump supporters and more extreme political groups.

Democratic Integrity, Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference

April 18, 2022

ISD’s Jiore Craig on how voters can stay ahead of “US-exported” disinformation in Australia’s elections

ISD's Head of Digital Integrity, Jiore Craig, speaks to Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s (ABC) The Drum, about electoral mis- and disinformation.

Democratic Integrity, Information Warfare and Online Manipulation

April 16, 2022

“US-imported” voter fraud claims on the rise on Facebook in the lead up to elections in Australia

In a conversation with The Guardian, ISD’s Elise Thomas points out the “voter fraud rhetoric ‘imported’” from the US.

Democratic Integrity, Information Warfare and Online Manipulation

March 29, 2022

Growing number of political gangs in Kenya spark election concerns

ISD's Dominic Pkalya spoke to All Africa about the growing threat of political gangs and militias in Kenya ahead of the national elections.

Democratic Integrity

March 19, 2022

Sasha Havlicek speaks to Radio 4’s Today programme on enforcing the West’s red lines against Putin

ISD's CEO, Sasha Havlicek, appeared on Radio 4 to discuss the last two decades of Western response to Vladimir Putin.

Democratic Integrity

February 27, 2022

Union between antivaxxers and conspiracists will likely outlive the pandemic

In an interview for the Independent, Milo Comerford and Jacob Davey comment on the social effects COVID-19 may have across the political spectrum.

Democratic Integrity, Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference, Public Health

January 19, 2022

Conspiracy Clickbait: This One Weird Trick Will Undermine Democracy

This report studies the growth of conspiracy theories as clickbait, which will supercharge existing problems of disinformation and polarization.

Coordinated Inauthentic Behaviour, Democratic Integrity, Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference

December 1, 2021

Kalter Wind von Rechts: Wie rechte Parteien und Akteur:innen die Klimakrise zu ihren Gunsten missbrauchen Eine Analyse über falsche Fakten, Feindbilder und Desinformationsnarrative im Umfeld der Bundestagswahl 2021.

„Kalter Wind von rechts“ untersuchte die Klimadebatte im Kontext der 2021 Bundestagswahl besonders im Hinblick auf Desinformationstaktiken.

Climate, Democratic Integrity, Far-Right Extremism, Information Warfare and Online Manipulation, Terrorism and Extremism

December 1, 2021

German elections: ISD finds that right-wing party AfD greatly benefitted from the online climate debate

During the 2021 German federal elections, ISD found that Alternative für Deutschland was the party most benefitting from the climate change debate.

Anti-Migrant, Antisemitism, Democratic Integrity, Far-Right Extremism

June 21, 2021

Desinformationskampagnen gegen die Wahl: Befunde aus Sachsen-Anhalt

In sozialen Medien gibt es Kampagnen, die Zweifel an Wahlen säen. Dieser ISD-Bericht behandelt Desinformation bei der Landtagswahl in Sachsen-Anhalt.

Democratic Integrity, Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference, Hybrid Extremism and Nihilistic Violence

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