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

  • Oct 15 2025

    Everyday Extremism: Molka, Nth Room, and the Infrastructure of Digital Misogyny

    Digital sex crimes such as South Korea’s molka (hidden camera) phenomenon and the Nth Room...
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  • Oct 13 2025

    Light of Darkness: An Analysis of ISKP’s Digital Handbook

    The digital bulletin, Light of Darkness, was originally conceived as a supplementary component to Voice...
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  • Oct 08 2025

    Symbols and Scripts: Firearms as Artefacts of Extremist Violence

    On 10 September 2025, in Orem, Utah, right-wing political commentator Charlie Kirk was shot and...
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  • Oct 07 2025

    ‘The Generation of ‘Digital Natives’: How Far-Right Extremists Target Australian Youth Online for Radicalisation and Recruitment’

    Content disclaimers: All identifiers referencing real-life cases will be anonymised with pseudonyms, noting that in...
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