Last week, on the sidelines of the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly, the Republic of Croatia and UN Women convened the G77 and Emerging Partners Ministerial Roundtable, “Addressing ...

Dilwar Hussain MBE is a Fellow at ISD UK and an independent consultant on social policy, community relations and Islam in the modern world. Most recently, he was a Special Adviser to the UK Prime ...

A South Carolina teenager recently pled guilty to conspiracy charges after pledging allegiance to Islamic State (IS), illustrating the increase in juvenile radicalization by global extremist ...

ISD convened high-level stakeholders to discuss emerging hybridised threats and future-proof countermeasures at two events in Berlin. The hybridised threat landscape that democracies face today is ...

In the lead up to and since the invasion of Ukraine by Russia, there have been numerous news reports and coverage highlighting how TikTok has been used to spread misinformation related to events on ...

The British Jewish community has faced an unprecedented number of attacks in recent weeks, including multiple arson incidents and a terrorist attack. As the UK government grapples with how to respond, ...

This ISD Investigation provides a comprehensive analysis of the availability, reach and social media dissemination of internet domains linked to sanctioned media affiliated with the Russian state. In ...

Over the span of half a decade, the aesthetics of online ecosystems surrounding jihadist groups have shifted dramatically. Change has been driven by a younger generation of supporters, alongside ...

Since the start of the Iran war in February, X accounts for Iranian embassies and officials have embraced “shitposting” as a form of statecraft. Shitposting is known to be low-effort, provocative ...

Since 2021, a distinct model of white supremacist organizing (dubbed ‘White Nationalism 3.0’) has gained traction across Canada. The model serves as the organizational foundation for so-called ‘Active ...

After two decades of gains for LGBTQ+ visibility and rights in many countries, anti-LGBTQ+ targeted hate and rhetoric are on the rise. Offline, there has been a surge of reported hate crimes and book ...

Non-consensual intimate imagery (NCII) abuse describes the creation and dissemination of intimate images of a person without their consent and has become a significant and growing form of ...