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.

Home / Tech Accountability and Safety / Gaming and Alternative Platforms / Page 2

Gaming and Alternative Platforms

ISD’s sector-leading research has identified a growing number of alternative and smaller platforms used by hateful, extremist and terrorist actors to spread illegal content and evade scrutiny. Our insights have deepened understandings of how online harms manifest on novel platforms, provided valuable intelligence on threats, and informed policymakers, regulators, technology companies and the wider research community on how to improve online safety across the evolving online ecosystem.

September 15, 2025

ISD experts join 2025 Eradicate Hate Summit, co-host Gaming and Hate working group

ISD experts returned to the Eradicate Hate Summit in Pittsburgh this week to co-host a working group on combatting misogyny in gaming.

Gaming and Alternative Platforms, Targeted Threats, Hate and Abuse

May 22, 2025

Did Adolescence cause a surge of users to an incel forum?

Gaming and Alternative Platforms, Hybrid Extremism and Nihilistic Violence, Misogyny

October 14, 2024

Online Safety and the Regulation of Gaming Platforms and Services

Gaming and Alternative Platforms, Tech Accountability and Safety, Terrorism and Extremism

June 18, 2024

Investigation 1: Teenage Gamer Personas

Gaming and Alternative Platforms, Recommender Systems and Algorithms, Tech Accountability and Safety

December 19, 2023

Im toten Winkel – Rechtsextreme auf alternativen und etablierten Plattformen

Far-Right Extremism, Gaming and Alternative Platforms, Terrorism and Extremism

December 19, 2023

In the Blind Spot: Right-wing Extremists on Alternative and Established Platforms

Far-Right Extremism, Gaming and Alternative Platforms, Terrorism and Extremism

December 1, 2023

Active Clubs, a growing threat in the US and Canada

Far-Right Extremism, Gaming and Alternative Platforms, Terrorism and Extremism

November 20, 2023

Uisce Faoi Thalamh: Topic Analysis

Far-Right Extremism, Gaming and Alternative Platforms, Hybrid Extremism and Nihilistic Violence, Tech Accountability and Safety, Terrorism and Extremism

November 20, 2023

Uisce Faoi Thalamh: Platform Analysis

Far-Right Extremism, Gaming and Alternative Platforms, Hybrid Extremism and Nihilistic Violence, Tech Accountability and Safety, Tech Legislation and Regulation, Terrorism and Extremism

Further Reading

May 12, 2023

The Hydra on the Web: Challenges Associated with Extremist Use of the Fediverse – A Case Study of PeerTube

This report looks at the use of the free software PeerTube by right-wing extremist and conspiracy ideological milieus.

Far-Right Extremism, Gaming and Alternative Platforms, Terrorism and Extremism

May 12, 2023

On Odysee: The Role of Blockchain Technology for Monetisation in the Far-Right Online Milieu

This report studies how Odysee's blockchain-based approach appeals to the far-right.

Emerging Technologies, Far-Right Extremism, Gaming and Alternative Platforms, Terrorism and Extremism

May 9, 2023

ISD’s Jakob Guhl for GNET: White Christian extremism on Telegram, ‘Christgram’

ISD's Jakob Guhl, contributes to the Global Network on Extremism and Technology's (GNET) mini series on Christian Nationalism.

Far-Right Extremism, Gaming and Alternative Platforms, Terrorism and Extremism

May 9, 2023

US extremists gathering on Russian social media sites

ISD Senior Research Manager Jared Holt spoke to Axios about US political extremists and their overlap with Russian social media platforms.

Far-Right Extremism, Gaming and Alternative Platforms, Terrorism and Extremism

April 27, 2023

Researching the Evolving Online Ecosystem: Telegram, Discord & Odysee

The investigation looks at methodological approaches to smaller platforms, focused on Telegram, Discord and Odysee.

Far-Right Extremism, Gaming and Alternative Platforms, Terrorism and Extremism

February 10, 2023

Inside the Digital Labyrinth: Right-Wing Extremist Strategies of Decentralisation on the Internet & Possible Countermeasures

This report presents the key findings of the 2022 project "Countering Radicalisation in Right-Wing Extremist Online Subcultures".

Far-Right Extremism, Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference, Gaming and Alternative Platforms, Terrorism and Extremism

February 1, 2023

Im digitalen Labyrinth – Rechtsextreme Strategien der Dezentralisierung im Netz und mögliche Gegenmaßnahmen

In diesem Bericht werden die Ergebnisse des Projekts „Bekämpfung der Radikalisierung in rechtsextremistischen Online-Subkulturen“ vorgestellt.

Far-Right Extremism, Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference, Gaming and Alternative Platforms, Tech Accountability and Safety, Terrorism and Extremism

January 17, 2023

Framasoft responds to ISD study on PeerTube: No to fascists & conspiracy manipulators

Framasoft, the non-profit behind PeerTube, responds to ISD Germany's study on right-wing extremists using their decentralised YouTube alternative.

Far-Right Extremism, Gaming and Alternative Platforms

December 19, 2022

Profiting from Hate: Extremist Merchandise on Redbubble, Etsy, Teespring, Teerepublic and Zazzle

ISD's investigation found that Etsy, Redbubble and other popular e-commerce sites, are facilitating the sale of products promoting hate and extremism.

Anti-LGBTQ+, Far-Right Extremism, Gaming and Alternative Platforms, Targeted Threats, Hate and Abuse, Tech Accountability and Safety

December 19, 2022

Major e-commerce sites profiting and facilitating the sale of extremist-themed merchandise

Yahoo News covered ISD findings on how major e-commerce sites facilitate and profit from the sale of products promoting hate and extremism.

Gaming and Alternative Platforms, Tech Accountability and Safety

Previous 1234…6 Next

Join our Mailing list

Keep up to date with ISD’s latest research, events and publications.

We use Mailchimp as our marketing platform. Learn more about Mailchimp’s privacy practices here.

ABOUT

PARTNERSHIPS AND FUNDERS

PRIVACY NOTICE

COMPLAINTS POLICY

CONTACT

Connect

Amman | Berlin | London | Paris | Toronto | Washington DC

Copyright © Institute for Strategic Dialogue (2026).
ISD UK is a charitable company limited by guarantee (registered charity number 1141069, registered company number 06581421), registered address 3rd Floor, 45 Albemarle Street, Mayfair, London, W1S 4JL.
ISD-US is a non-political, not-for-profit corporation registered in the District of Columbia with 501(c)(3) status (tax ID 27-1282489), registered address Suite 285, 1032 15th St. NW, Washington DC, 20005.
ISD Germany is a gGmbH registered with the Berlin-Charlottenburg District Court (HRB 207 328B), registered address c/o Schomerus & Partner mbB Berlin, Bülowstraße 66, 10783 Berlin.
ISD Canada is a non-profit corporation registered in Ontario with registration number 1001404659, registered address 40 King Street West, Suite 6600, Toronto, Ontario, M5H3S1, Canada.
ISD France is a non-profit association registered under the status of Association de loi 1901 (registration number W751256497), registered address 128 rue La Boétie, 75008 Paris.
ISD Jordan is a non-profit Limited Liability Company registered in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan (company number 1425), registered address 14, Grand Complex, Queen Musbah Street, Amman, Jordan.
All Rights Reserved. Any copying, reproduction or exploitation of the whole or any part of this website without prior written approval from ISD is prohibited.