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May 21, 2026

Addressing the Intersection of Misogyny, Targeted Hate and Violent Extremism

ISD UK

Targeted Threats, Hate and Abuse, Tech Accountability and Safety

May 5, 2026

Amplifying Antisemitism: How Recommender Algorithms Serve Harmful Content to Children

Antisemitism, Recommender Systems and Algorithms, Tech Accountability and Safety

May 4, 2026

Mapping Digital Hate: A Landscape Review of Online Hate Speech in Jordan

Misogyny, Targeted Threats, Hate and Abuse, Tech Accountability and Safety

April 20, 2026

Online Domestic Extremism in Canada Data Briefing – June to November 2025

Terrorism and Extremism

April 6, 2026

Online Hate & Harrassment Targeting Public Figures and Influencers on Instagram in Jordan

Targeted Threats, Hate and Abuse

February 26, 2026

Coordinating Through Chaos: The State of the Islamic State Online in 2026

Islamist Extremism, Terrorism and Extremism

February 17, 2026

Online Othering: Religious and Sectarian Intolerance in Jordan’s Digital Sphere

Targeted Threats, Hate and Abuse

February 12, 2026

Europe’s Other Battlefields: Foreign Hybrid Threats in the EU

Information Warfare and Online Manipulation

December 11, 2025

Spotting the Signs: Recognizing and Responding to Subcultures of Nihilistic Violence

Hybrid Extremism and Nihilistic Violence, Terrorism and Extremism

December 9, 2025

Fostering Healthy Masculinities: Building Resilience Against Online Misogyny

Kids Online Safety, Misogyny

November 6, 2025

Networks of Harm: A Victim-Centric Resource on the 764 Network

Kids Online Safety, Misogyny, Targeted Threats, Hate and Abuse, Tech Accountability and Safety, Threat Detection and Analysis

February 18, 2025

Generative AI and the German Far Right: Narratives, Tactics and Digital Strategies

Far-Right Extremism, Recommender Systems and Algorithms, Tech Accountability and Safety

January 9, 2025

Behind the Curtain: Unveiling Pro-Kremlin Ecosystems in Europe

Democratic Integrity, Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference

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 28, 2024

Policy Brief: Managing the Release of American ISIS Arrestees

Islamist 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

June 14, 2022

Under-Moderated, Unhinged and Ubiquitous: Al-Shabaab and the Islamic State Networks on Facebook 

Islamist Extremism, Tech Accountability and Safety

April 4, 2022

The Vladimirror Network: Pro-Putin Power-Users on Facebook

Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference, Information Warfare and Online Manipulation

November 16, 2021

Islamogram: Salafism and Alt-Right Online Subcultures

Far-Right Extremism, Islamist Extremism, Terrorism and Extremism

February 1, 2016

Lone Actor Terrorism: Analysis Paper

Terrorism and Extremism

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December 16, 2020

Young Digital Leaders: 2020 YDL Parent Guide

The Young Digital Leaders 2020 YDL Parent Guide.

ISD UK

Education, Resources

December 15, 2020

Spin Cycle: Information Laundering on Facebook

The ISD report investigates Facebook pages with suspicious, potentially coordinated activity, showing how networks distribute harmful content.

ISD UK

Information Warfare and Online Manipulation

November 25, 2020

The Interplay Between Australia’s Political Fringes on the Right and Left: Online Messaging on Facebook

This briefing outlines findings from an analysis of the far-right and far-left Facebook ecosystem in Australia in the first seven months of 2020.

ISD UK

Far-Left Extremism, Far-Right Extremism, Tech Accountability and Safety

October 28, 2020

Hoodwinked: Coordinated Inauthentic Behaviour on Facebook

This briefing provides an overview of ‘coordinated inauthentic behaviour’ (CIB) on Facebook between July 2018 and July 2020,

ISD UK

Coordinated Inauthentic Behaviour, Tech Accountability and Safety

October 27, 2020

Disinformation briefing: Narratives around Black Lives Matter and voter fraud

This study seeks to understand online discussions around the Black Lives Matter movement and the voter fraud ahead of the 2020 American election.

ISD UK

Identity-Based Hate and Abuse, Information Warfare and Online Manipulation

October 6, 2020

QAnon and Conspiracy Beliefs

The findings from a study into understanding the relationship between QAnon and the broader problem of conspiracy theory beliefs.

ISD UK

Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference, Terrorism and Extremism, Threat Analysis and Prevention

October 5, 2020

Public Figures, Public Rage: Candidate abuse on social media

This report presents the findings of our research into the scale of online abuse targeting Congressional candidates in the 2020 US election.

ISD Germany, ISD UK, ISD-US

Democratic Integrity, Threats to Public Figures

August 17, 2020

Hosting the ‘Holohoax’: A Snapshot of Holocaust Denial Across Social Media

Rhis paper examines the extent to which Holocaust denial content is readily accessible across Facebook, Twitter, Reddit and YouTube.

ISD UK

Accountability and Speech Protection, Antisemitism

August 13, 2020

The 101 of Disinformation Detection

This toolkit lays out an approach that organisations can undertake to begin to track online disinformation on subjects that they care about.

ISD UK

Information Warfare and Online Manipulation, Resources, Threat Analysis and Prevention

August 13, 2020

Developing a Civil Society Response to Online Manipulation

This document presents a vision for a pan-civil societal response to online manipulation.

ISD UK

Education, Information Warfare and Online Manipulation, Resources, Training and Educational Resources