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Operation Overload, a Russian-aligned information operation, failed to gain traction in the second quarter of 2025, despite a shift in tactics and targets.

ISD’s analysis of TikTok’s FYP ahead of Germany’s 2025 election highlights how limited transparency and data access hinder efforts to assess political bias in recommender systems.

Anti-migrant sentiments have united former foes on both sides of the Irish border, with shows of online support and appearances at anti-migrant protests.
Featured research from across our work

Foreign and domestic actors used AI, bots and fake media to spread disinformation, fueling divides ahead of Germany’s 2025 election.

This briefing analyzes Canadian domestic extremists’ online activity from January to August 2024 —platforms used, key issues, and targeted communities — as part of ongoing study.

ISD finds how TikTok’s failures in moderating online gender-based violence fuels misogyny, silences women’s voices & threatens democracy—especially during elections.
Our latest coverage of the Israel-Hamas Conflict.

This report explores the spread of hate speech, disinformation and extremism during the 2024 Israel-Hamas conflict in the UK, France and Germany.

A resurgent and diversifying threat: Islamist extremist violence in Germany in the wake of October 7
Analysing the rise in Islamist extremist attacks targeting Germany since Hamas' October 7 attack on Israel.

This Investigation examines how a pro-Kremlin ad campaign used the Hamas-Israel conflict to spread disinformation narratives about Ukraine in France and Germany.
Overviews of issues, trends, narratives, platforms and actors.

The Proud Boys are an US-based political activist group that subscribes to a self-described “Western chauvinist” worldview that claims the inherent superiority of Western societies over all others.

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

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