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

September 19, 2024

Platforms fail to label and remove AI-generated and manipulated election content

With the 2024 US election rapidly approaching, ISD has found evidence that platforms are failing to remove or label even the debunked content.

Democratic Integrity, Emerging Technologies, Recommender Systems and Algorithms, Threat Analysis and Prevention

September 19, 2024

US Election Platform Preparedness: Comparative Analysis

In the run up to the US general elections, ISD reviewed platform policies and highlighted a critical lack of transparency in safety measures, resource

Data Access and Transparency, Democratic Integrity, Targeted Threats, Hate and Abuse

September 17, 2024

Safeguarding Elections in the Digital Age: Assessing Evolving Electoral Risks and their Mitigation for Online Electoral Integrity

ISD examines the critical role of key stakeholders and their strategies to safeguard the 2024 electoral process from online risks.

Data Access and Transparency, Democratic Integrity

September 7, 2024

US indictment of RT employees may have limited impact

Melanie Smith spoke with NBC News about how the indictment of two RT employees might have a limited impact on Russia's broader disinformation efforts.

Democratic Integrity

August 29, 2024

From Posts to Polls: AfD Social Media Activity in east Germany and the Growing Dilemma of Coalition Politics

This report examines the social activity of the far-right Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) in the lead-up to the German state elections in Thuringia

Democratic Integrity, Far-Right Extremism, Terrorism and Extremism

August 16, 2024

Nathan Doctor on the shutdown of CrowdTangle ahead of US elections

This week saw the closure by Meta of CrowdTangle, an analytics tool that allowed researchers and journalists to observe the spread of information.

Democratic Integrity, Tech Accountability and Safety

August 6, 2024

Online Gendered Abuse and Disinformation During the 2024 South African Elections

ISD analysis found that South African women in politics often face abuse online in the form of replies or comments to their posts or content about the

Democratic Integrity, Misogyny, Threats to Public Figures

August 6, 2024

Online Gendered Abuse and Disinformation During the 2024 South African Elections

ISD analysis found that South African women in politics often face abuse online in the form of replies or comments to their posts or content about the

Democratic Integrity, Misogyny

July 15, 2024

False and unverified claims proliferate online following Trump assassination attempt

Unverified claims about the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump proliferated across social media in the 24 hours following the in

Democratic Integrity, Information Warfare and Online Manipulation, Terrorism and Extremism, Threats to Public Figures

July 10, 2024

Protecting rights and democracy: The road ahead for the new UK government

Issues related to extremism, hate and disinformation were a major focus of the 2024 UK General Election, both on the campaign trail and at the ballot

Democratic Integrity, Terrorism and Extremism

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