The vision of the GIFCT is to prevent terrorists and violent extremists from exploiting digital platforms.

The Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism brings together the technology industry, government, civil society, and academia to foster collaboration and information-sharing to counter terrorist and violent extremist activity online.

GIFCT’s strategic planning and programming centers on three pillars:

Prevent

Prevent

Delivering critical information and the capacity to prevent and disrupt terrorist and violent extremist activity online

Respond

Respond

Coordinating and continually strengthening the tech ecosystem’s response to the online impacts of terrorist or violent extremist incidents

Adapt

Adapt

Convening industry, experts, and civil society to understand emerging trends relating to technology, terrorism, and violent extremism

Research and Resources from our Core Partners
Global Network on Extremism & Technology

Recent insights, reports, and digests from our academic research arm

  • Aug 04 2025

    The Shadow War in Balochistan: ISKP Weaponises Digital Land to Gain Influence

    On 25 May, the Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP), through its so-called official media outlet,...
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  • Aug 01 2025

    Transnational White Supremacy: Digital Violent Extremism from West to East

    In February, an 18-year-old Singaporean, Nick Lee Xing Qiu, was detained for planning to attack...
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  • Jul 30 2025

    Weaponised Skies: The Expansion of Terrorist Drone Use Across Africa

    Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), better known as drones, have been on the rise among violent...
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  • Jul 28 2025

    Guerrillas Online: Recruitment, Propaganda, and Control by Colombia’s FARC-EP Dissidents and ELN

    In 2016, Colombia signed a historic peace agreement with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia...
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