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

February 19, 2021

UK General Election 2019: Digital disruption by the political parties, and the need for new rules (joint paper)

This briefing brings together the findings of eight organisations who monitored the UK’s digital landscape leading up to the General Election.

Democratic Integrity, Resources, Tech Legislation and Regulation

January 18, 2021

Chloe Colliver on CNN’s Don Lemon Tonight

ISD's Chloe Colliver speaks on CNN's Don Lemon Tonight about the Capitol Hill riots.

Democratic Integrity, Terrorism and Extremism

January 14, 2021

Trump’s post-Jan 6 speech fails to convince MAGA nation to back down

Following the January 6 attack on the US Capitol, Chloe Colliver provides insight to POLITICO about the continued activity of right-wing extremists.

Democratic Integrity, Terrorism and Extremism

December 29, 2020

Amarnath Amarasingam on the ability of some conspiracy theories to mitigate violent mobilisation

Amarnath Amarasingam outlines how pro-Trump conspiracy theories may have actually discouraged postelection violence in an op-ed for Slate Magazine.

Democratic Integrity, Hybrid Extremism and Nihilistic Violence, Terrorism and Extremism

October 27, 2020

Despite cries of censorship, conservatives dominate social media

ISD's research work featured heavily in this article in Politico on how a small number of conservative users routinely outpace their liberal rivals .

Democratic Integrity

October 5, 2020

Public Figures, Public Rage: Candidate abuse on social media

This report presents the findings of our research into the scale of online abuse targeting Congressional candidates in the 2020 US election.

Democratic Integrity, Threats to Public Figures

October 5, 2020

Analysis of the online harassment of politicians covered by WaPo

The Washington Post provides exclusive coverage of ISD's new research report: Public Figures, Public Rage: Candidate Abuse on Social Media.

Democratic Integrity, Targeted Threats, Hate and Abuse

July 31, 2020

Political Monopoly: How Europe’s New Authoritarians Stifle Democracy and Get Away With it

A analysis of how Europe’s new authoritarians in Hungary, Poland and elsewhere consolidate power while maintaining a democratic facade.

Democratic Integrity

June 30, 2020

How Covid-19 spread QAnon in Germany

Jakob Guhl, Coordinator in Policy & Research, contributed to this story on Coda about the sprawling movement which centers on an alleged “deep state.”

Democratic Integrity, Far-Right Extremism, Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference

December 16, 2019

UK General Election 2019: Digital disruption by the political parties, and the need for new rules (joint paper)

A December 16, 2019 briefing by eight organizations shows current UK digital regulations are inadequate, based on pre-election digital monitoring.

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

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