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The ecosystem of nonconsensual intimate deepfake tools online

ISD found 31 active SIIA tools easily accessible online, putting women and minors at risk.

Emerging Technologies, Misogyny

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

This report seeks to provide knowledge and resources to those who may encounter victims of 764 abuse.

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

‘Tick tock traitor:’ The rise of violent rhetoric targeting US public officials

We assess how violent threats against US officials have tripled since 2021, spiking after major events and driven mainly by partisan individuals.

Officials and Law Enforcement, Targeted Threats, Hate and Abuse, Tech Accountability and Safety, Threats to Public Figures

No time to lose: Liberal democracies can win the cognitive and hybrid war against authoritarians

Authoritarian regimes will never stop their hybrid warfare, but democracies must make major changes if they are to counter their adversaries.

Democratic Integrity, Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference, Information Warfare and Online Manipulation

Men, algorithms and how YouTube shapes media consumption

This research project explores the topics and content YouTube’s algorithm recommends to young male users.

Recommender Systems and Algorithms, Tech Accountability and Safety

Flagship Programmes

Digital Policy Lab

ISD’s Digital Policy Lab brings together policymakers and European regulators to address terrorist content, extremism, and information manipulation.

Tech Accountability and Safety, Tech Legislation and Regulation

Strong Cities

The Strong Cities Network is an independent, global network of more than 290 cities dedicated to addressing all forms of hate and extremism.

Strong Cities, Targeted Threats, Hate and Abuse, Terrorism and Extremism

Coalition to Counter Online Antisemitism (CCOA)

ISD’s international network of organisations taking a whole of society approach to counter online antisemitism in Europe.

Targeted Threats, Hate and Abuse, Terrorism and Extremism

Extreme Dialogue

The Extreme Dialogue programme supports educators and young people to confront the realities of hate and extremism.

Terrorism and Extremism

Young Cities

Young Cities fosters collaboration between young people and local governments to address the most pressing issues in their communities.

Resources

Be Internet Citizens

ISD works to build young people’s digital citizenship skills across the UK, enabling them to critically evaluate information.

Targeted Threats, Hate and Abuse

Business Council for Democracy

The Business Council For Democracy is ISD’s flagship adult education program, working with German employers to build resilience and protect democracy.

Targeted Threats, Hate and Abuse, Terrorism and Extremism, Training and Educational Resources

ISD In the media

Increase in public threats caused in part by ‘online echo chambers’

Tumbler Ridge school shooter had online history of disturbing content

Recent US perpetrators indicate shift in extremist landscape, rise in nihilistic violence

Violent rhetoric targeting US officials surges in recent years

Digital Dispatches

The latest ISD data-driven analysis on terrorism, extremism, hate and information operations.

The online landscape of subcultures of nihilistic violence

Hybrid Extremism and Nihilistic Violence, Terrorism and Extremism

No time to lose: Liberal democracies can win the cognitive and hybrid war against authoritarians

Democratic Integrity, Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference, Information Warfare and Online Manipulation

Kremlin talking points flood X amid ICC case on child deportations

Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference, Information Warfare and Online Manipulation

‘Tick tock traitor:’ The rise of violent rhetoric targeting US public officials

Officials and Law Enforcement, Targeted Threats, Hate and Abuse, Tech Accountability and Safety, Threats to Public Figures

ISD Spotlights

The War In Ukraine

Countering pro-Kremlin disinformation targeting Ukrainian refugees in Germany

ISD released the first round of a video campaign in German, Arabic and Russian.

Anti-Migrant, Education, Resources, Training and Educational Resources

Tim Squirrell: Meta’s conclusions on pro-Kremlin online campaigns “difficult” to assess

Data Access and Transparency

‘Smash-and-grab’ Russian-origin accounts flood Meta platforms with Ukraine war disinformation

Inside NAFO: The meme collective countering Kremlin talking points online

Information Warfare and Online Manipulation

Elections all around the world in 2024

Pro-Islamic State outlet using CNN and Al Jazeera branding to boost reach

Executive Director for Africa, the Middle East and Asia, Moustafa Ayad, spoke to WIRED about ISD’s investigation on a pro-Islamic State (IS) network.

Islamist Extremism

Explainers

Overviews of issues, trends, narratives, platforms and actors.

Proud Boys

The Proud Boys are a US-based political activist group that subscribes to a self-described “Western chauvinist” worldview.

Far-Right Extremism

764

764 is a network of online groups that engage in sextortion and the glorification of violence.

Information Warfare and Online Manipulation, Kids Online Safety, Misogyny

Goyim Defense League (GDL)

The Goyim Defense League is a neo-Nazi network promoting antisemitism, white supremacy and harassment through protests, flyers and online abuse.

Antisemitism, Far-Right Extremism

Reports

February 17, 2026

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

ISD examines religious and sectarian hate speech on Jordanian social media, finding limited but severe targeting shaped by regional conflict.

Targeted Threats, Hate and Abuse

February 12, 2026

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

ISD examined 27 cases across the EU, finding hybrid threats increasingly combine cyber, information and kinetic tactics, often directed from abroad.

Krysia Sikora, Louis Savoia and Bret Schafer

Information Warfare and Online Manipulation

The ecosystem of nonconsensual intimate deepfake tools online

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

‘Tick tock traitor:’ The rise of violent rhetoric targeting US public officials

No time to lose: Liberal democracies can win the cognitive and hybrid war against authoritarians

Men, algorithms and how YouTube shapes media consumption

Flagship Programmes

Digital Policy Lab

Strong Cities

Coalition to Counter Online Antisemitism (CCOA)

Extreme Dialogue

Young Cities

Be Internet Citizens

Business Council for Democracy

ISD In the media

Digital Dispatches

The latest ISD data-driven analysis on terrorism, extremism, hate and information operations.

The online landscape of subcultures of nihilistic violence

No time to lose: Liberal democracies can win the cognitive and hybrid war against authoritarians

Kremlin talking points flood X amid ICC case on child deportations

‘Tick tock traitor:’ The rise of violent rhetoric targeting US public officials

ISD Spotlights

The War In Ukraine

Countering pro-Kremlin disinformation targeting Ukrainian refugees in Germany

Elections all around the world in 2024

Pro-Islamic State outlet using CNN and Al Jazeera branding to boost reach

Explainers

Overviews of issues, trends, narratives, platforms and actors.

Proud Boys

764

Goyim Defense League (GDL)

Reports

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

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

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