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 29, 2024

How foreign countries are using disinformation to interfere with the US Presidential election

Melanie Smith spoke with The New York Times about how countries like Russia, China and Iran use disinformation to sway public opinion on the US.

Democratic Integrity, Targeted Threats, Hate and Abuse

October 28, 2024

ISD’s Max Read speaks to NPR about acts of arson targeting ballot boxes in Washington and Oregon

Max Read, senior research manager at ISD, spoke with NPR about false claims surrounding ballot box security following arson incidents in two states.

Democratic Integrity, Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference

October 24, 2024

Russian disinformation campaign targets US hurricane response to undermine government trust

ISD’s Melanie Smith spoke with AP about a Russian disinformation campaign aimed at discrediting the US government’s response to recent hurricanes.

Democratic Integrity

October 10, 2024

The Irish Channel’s use of AI in election denial narratives

WIRED reports on our findings about the Irish Channel, which uses generative AI to produce false articles linked to US election denial narratives.

Anti-Migrant, Democratic Integrity, Hybrid Extremism and Nihilistic Violence, Targeted Threats, Hate and Abuse

October 8, 2024

The Irish Channel: Investigating an Irish Misinformation Hub, Political Connections and AI Hallucinations

The report examines the Irish Channel website and social media, a key source of misinformation in Ireland.

Anti-Migrant, Democratic Integrity, Far-Right Extremism, Recommender Systems and Algorithms, Targeted Threats, Hate and Abuse, Terrorism and Extremism

October 2, 2024

Not so local news: Lincoln Media’s attempt to shape public opinion ahead of the US Elections

This report details how Lincoln Media obscures control of the outlets it operates and deceives its audience about its motivations.

Democratic Integrity

September 30, 2024

Austrian Freedom Party’s victory highlights growing far-right radicalism across Europe

In her op-ed for The Guardian, Julia Ebner discusses Austria's far-right Freedom Party's recent electoral victory.

Democratic Integrity, Far-Right Extremism, Terrorism and Extremism

September 26, 2024

Jared Holt on the failed ‘Groyper War’ attempting to influence the Trump campaign through social media manipulation

Nick Fuentes led a social media campaign to influence Trump’s team, but despite spikes in activity, his "Groyper War" largely failed.

Democratic Integrity, Terrorism and Extremism

September 26, 2024

Isabelle Frances-Wright and Ellen Jacobs join podcast to discuss platform preparedness for the upcoming US election

ISD's Isabelle Frances-Wright and Ellen Jacobs joined the Tech Policy Press for a discussion about their recent ISD report on platform preparedness.

Democratic Integrity

September 23, 2024

A ‘Groyper War’ struggles to exert influence but paves the way for other bad actors

White nationalist Nicholas Fuentes and his fanbase pressured Trump’s 2024 campaign with online propaganda, likely violating platform policies without

Democratic Integrity, Far-Right Extremism, Terrorism and Extremism

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