The report examines the efforts behind the incel Wiki, a page administered by self-identified incels, that attempt to distinguish the difference between them and those associated with their movements and mass violence.
ISD's investigation found that Etsy, Redbubble and other popular e-commerce sites, are not only facilitating the sale of products promoting hate and extremism, but they are also profiting from these transactions, directly going against their own guidelines.
This report examines the role of online crisis protocols in platform governance & makes key recommendations for safeguarding human rights in the context of the envisioned DSA crisis mechanism.
This report delves into the lessons learnt from monitoring disinformation & influence campaigns in the run-up to the 2022 French elections.
This paper examines algorithmic ranking practices of online platforms and how they may (negatively) impact online discourses and behaviour. It considers methodological and epistemic challenges of algorithmic auditing and looks at emerging approaches toward rethinking current ranking practices to safeguard safe and transparent online environments.
This report investigates abuse targeting female political figures on TikTok and Instagram ahead of the 2022 midterm elections.
Comprehensive resources for educating and training practitioners in countering terrorism and violent extremism, produced in collaboration with the McCain Institute.
This report is an evaluation the Shared Endeavour Fund, an £800,000 civil society funding scheme supporting projects designed to address intolerance, hate and extremism.
In this investigation, ISD looks at abortion misinformation on social media and platform policies in the post-Roe sphere.
This report provides a summary of the first annual expert conference "Im toten Winkel - Wie Rechtsextreme alternative Online-Plattformen zur Radikalisierung nutzen" (In the blind spot - How right-wing extremists use alternative online platforms for radicalisation), which took place as part of the project "Radikalisierung in rechtsextremen Onlinesubkulturen entgegentreten" (Countering radicalisation in right-wing extremist online subcultures), funded by the German Federal Ministry of Justice (BMJ).
