Featured Reports
ISD's flagship reports provide deep insight into key issues in extremism, hate and information operations. Find what you're looking for using our filtered search, or browse our latest products below.
Use the filter to narrow down your results by specific issues.
all Reports
May 23, 2024
Pro-Kremlin Propaganda about Neo-Nazis in Ukraine Targets South Africans Online
This report by ISD and CIR reveals that pro-Kremlin actors are spreading false narratives on social media to depict Ukraine as Nazi-controlled, aiming to justify Russia's invasion and sway South African public opinion.
ISD UK
Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference
May 10, 2024
Conspiracy Theories: A Guide for Members of Parliament and Candidates
This guide was produced to inform Members of Parliament and parliamentary candidates in the UK about the dangers of conspiracies, discussing their app
ISD UK
Resources, Terrorism and Extremism, Training and Educational Resources
April 29, 2024
Identifying Sock-Puppets on Wikipedia: A Semantic Clustering Approach
This paper investigates potential platform manipulation on Wikipedia using semantic clustering techniques to identify covert and organised manipulation on a larger scale.
ISD UK
Coordinated Inauthentic Behaviour, Information Warfare and Online Manipulation, Resources
April 26, 2024
Beyond Definitions: The Need for a Comprehensive Human Rights-Based UK Extremism Policy Strategy
This policy paper lays out the contours of an increasingly hybridised extremism threat landscape facing the UK, before considering the key components of a holistic policy strategy rooted in a rights framework.
ISD UK
Terrorism and Extremism, Training and Educational Resources
March 14, 2024
Vilify, Ridicule, Disinform: Political Communication and Media Trust in the Age of Generative AI
This paper is a timely examination of political communication and media trust in the age of generative AI systems, analysing real-world examples of it
ISD Germany, ISD UK, ISD-US
Emerging Technologies
February 23, 2024
Two Years On: An Analysis of Russian State and Pro-Kremlin Information Warfare in the Context of the Invasion of Ukraine
This report outlines the evolution of Russian state & pro-Kremlin propaganda undermining international support for Ukraine since the 2022 invasion
ISD UK
Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference
