This report focusses on online spaces used by extremist, hate and disinformation actors as they move away from mainstream social media platforms. It outlines the key barriers to researching and mitigating harmful activity posed by these digital platforms, reviews existing research methodologies and tools, and provides recommendations for policy-makers, companies and civil society on ensuring data access for public interest research.
The Annex discusses ethical, legal and security risks to digital research. It outlines how ethical approaches to online research have developed and considers how approaches differ across different sectors that engage in digital research.
This report focusses on online spaces used by extremist, hate and disinformation actors as they move away from mainstream social media platforms. It outlines the key barriers to researching and mitigating harmful activity posed by these digital platforms, reviews existing research methodologies and tools, and provides recommendations for policy-makers, companies and civil society on ensuring data access for public interest research.
In response to major concerns around disinformation attacks during the 2022 French elections, the Online Election Integrity Watch Group brought together a group of researchers to monitor information manipulation online meant to sway public opinion. These were our findings.
This report features research examining the use and misuse of YouTube Super Chats that enables the platform and creators to profit from live chat feeds promoting violence, conspiracies, misinformation and hate.
This research documents how YouTube’s algorithmic recommendations contribute to promoting misogynistic, anti-feminist and other extremist content to Australian boys and young men.
Cette publication a pour vocation d’analyser les conséquences de l’exclusion de RT et Sputnik France du paysage informationnel français ainsi que le type de discours que cette mesure a contribué à alimenter dans les communautés ou circulent de nombreux narratifs extrémistes et/ou de désinformation.
Eine gemeinsame Datenrecherche von ISD Germany und HateAid zeigt, dass der Bundestagswahlkampf 2021 stark durch Hass und Hetze im Netz geprägt war. Im Fokus der Analysen: rassistisch und sexistisch motivierte Aussagen gegenüber Kandidierenden im Wahlkampf September 2021.
Ce guide présente les principaux risques liés à la désinformation en période électorale, et propose des conseils pratiques pour les organisations de la société civile.
La nouvelle recherche pionnière de l'ISD cartographie l'écosystème salafiste en ligne, qui est en évolution rapide, avec une nouvelle analyse multiplateforme de contenu en anglais, allemand et arabe.
