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ISD resources for Media

ISD equips media professionals with the tools and resources they need to combat extremism and information manipulation. We provide training for journalists on the use of our dashboards, toolkits and curricula, enhancing their ability to recognise and counter extremist narratives, hate speech and disinformation. Since 2024, we have briefed more than 100 local US newsrooms, empowering media outlets to report accurately on complex issues related to extremism and social cohesion. Our experts are routinely interviewed by international outlets to provide clarity into extremism, terrorism, hate and information warfare, including in the wake of major global crises.

March 10, 2026

The 2025 Annual Review of Plots and Attacks Across the US

US attacks and plots in 2025 show unclear motives, rising nihilistic violence and more casualties, exposing gaps in prevention frameworks.

Hybrid Extremism and Nihilistic Violence, Islamist Extremism, Terrorism and Extremism, Threat Analysis and Prevention

June 19, 2024

Pulling Back the Curtain: An Exploration of YouTube’s Recommendation Algorithm

Information Warfare and Online Manipulation, Kids Online Safety, Recommender Systems and Algorithms

November 30, 2023

Web of Hate: A Retrospective Study of Online Gendered Abuse in 2022 in the United States

Misogyny, Targeted Threats, Hate and Abuse, Threats to Public Figures

October 24, 2023

Active Clubs: The Growing Threat of ‘White Nationalism 3.0’ across the United States

Far-Right Extremism, Terrorism and Extremism

October 2, 2023

The Greens as Enemies during the Gas Price Crisis 2022 – Second Methodological Exploration in the NOTORIOUS Project

Climate

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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

August 26, 2021

Gaming and Extremism: The Extreme Right on DLive

ISD found that extremist influencers, including British white nationalists, use DLive to broadcast extreme right ideology online.

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

August 19, 2021

Gaming and Extremism: The Extreme Right on Discord

ISD found Discord is a hub for extreme right-wing socializing, community building, and harassment, providing a safe space for sharing ideology.

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

August 12, 2021

Gaming and Extremism: The Extreme Right on Steam

This chapter analyzes 45 Steam groups linked to the extreme right. ISD found Steam to host the most diverse subgroups of extreme right communities.

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

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.

Democratic Integrity, Threats to Public Figures

October 23, 2018

The Impact of Counter-Narratives

This report presents the development, deployment, and evaluation of three counter- narrative campaigns.

Education, Resources

October 23, 2018

The Counter-Narrative Monitoring and Evaluation Handbook

This handbook was created as a beginner's guide to help anyone looking to evaluate their counter-narrative campaigns.

Education, Resources, Training and Educational Resources

October 23, 2018

Digital Resilience: Stronger Citizens Online

The Digital Resilience pilot shows digital citizenship education boosts young people's resilience to online extremist grooming and exploitation.

Education, Resources, Strong Cities