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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

July 22, 2022

Researching the Evolving Online Ecosystem: Barriers, Methods and Future Challenges

The report outlines the key barriers to researching and mitigating harmful content and behaviours on smaller online platforms used by extremists.

Gaming and Alternative Platforms, Information Warfare and Online Manipulation, Tech Accountability and Safety, Terrorism and Extremism

July 22, 2022

Researching the Evolving Online Ecosystem: Executive Summary

This report focuses on online spaces used by extremist, hate and disinformation actors as they move away from mainstream social media platforms.

Gaming and Alternative Platforms, Hybrid Extremism and Nihilistic Violence, Information Warfare and Online Manipulation, Terrorism and Extremism

July 22, 2022

Researching the Evolving Online Ecosystem: Annex

The Annex discusses ethical, legal and security risks to digital research when researching alternative spaces used by online extremists.

Gaming and Alternative Platforms, Information Warfare and Online Manipulation, Tech Accountability and Safety, Terrorism and Extremism

May 19, 2022

Alt-platforms refusing to remove hate content is giving way to further radicalisation

ISD's Tim Squirrell in conversation with CNN Business on alt-platforms failing to take down extremist content.

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

May 15, 2022

Mass shooting in Buffalo sheds light on extremist online communities

ISD's Ciarán O’Connor spoke to NBC about the alleged Buffalo shooter's involvement in online spaces.

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

April 26, 2022

Non-neutrality of search engines evident in the aftermath of the Bucha massacre

ISD’s Iris Boyer spoke with Slate France on the non-neutrality of search engines in the aftermath of the Bucha massacre.

Gaming and Alternative Platforms

March 4, 2022

Telegram falls behind in following EU ban on Russian-state media

ISD analyst and Russia expert Julia Smirnova speaks with POLITICO about far-right activity on Telegram.

Gaming and Alternative Platforms

December 21, 2021

Um- und Abwege. Online-Strategien zur Verbreitung rechtsextremer Inhalte Jahresbericht zum Forschungsprojekt »Radikalisierung in Rechtsextremen Online-Subkulturen entgegentreten« für das Jahr 2021

Dies ist eine Zusammenfassung der Arbeit von ISD Deutschland zur Untersuchung rechtsextremistischer Akteure auf alternativen Online-Plattformen.

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

September 11, 2021

Gamers Who Hate: An Introduction to ISD’s Gaming and Extremism Series

This report introduces ISD's Gaming and Extremism series, exploring how the extreme right uses gaming platforms like Steam, Discord, and Twitch.

Emerging Technologies, Far-Right Extremism, Gaming and Alternative Platforms, Hybrid Extremism and Nihilistic Violence, Targeted Threats, Hate and Abuse, Tech Accountability and Safety, Terrorism and Extremism

September 10, 2021

Gaming and Extremism: The Extreme Right on Twitch

ISD found right-wing content on Twitch but these are sporadic examples and not indicative of systematic use for radicalization or coordination.

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

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