This brief examines encryption's role in online safety, balancing privacy with mitigating terrorism, extremism, hate and disinformation.
This paper outlines challenges of online antisemitism and proposes practical, pan-European policy steps based on insights from 42 interviews.
This document examines the harms of social media algorithms, their role in the 2024 UK riots, and regulatory approaches to mitigate misinformation and AI-driven content.
TikTok’s inconsistent moderation on sexual violence risks marginalising victims while inadequately enforcing policies, harming women and the LGBTQ+ community.
This research explores disinformation in the Western Balkans, highlighting local political and media roles, anti-EU sentiment and solutions to mitigate risks.
As part of the Digital Policy Lab, ISD convened DPL members representing national ministries, regulators and civil society to discuss online safety in gaming.
In our latest Policy Brief, ISD examines the critical role of key stakeholders and their strategies to safeguard the 2024 electoral process from online threats.
ISD analysis found that South African women in politics often face abuse online in the form of replies or comments to their posts or content about them.
This is the executive summary of ISD’s Pulling Back the Curtain series which explores different aspects of YouTube’s recommendation algorithm. The series consists of four separate investigations examining the recommendations sent to eight U.S.-based YouTube accounts registered with varying ages, genders, and interests over one month. This report summarizes the findings across all four investigations and provides an overview of the project and platform policy recommendations.
This is the fourth investigation in ISD’s Pulling Back the Curtain series which explores different aspects of YouTube’s recommendation algorithm. The series consists of four separate investigations examining the recommendations sent to eight U.S.-based YouTube accounts registered with varying ages, genders, and interests over one month. This report examines the recommendations sent to two accounts with an interest in Spanish langauge news.
