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 01 2026

    Reconceptualising Makarenko’s Continuum in the Digital Age: The Case of Hezbollah

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    This Insight is part of GNET’s LatAm series, which looks at the crime-terror nexus in Latin...
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  • Sep 30 2026

    Neither Terrorist nor Criminal: How Hybrid Actors Fall Through Platform Moderators

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    This Insight is part of GNET’s LatAm series, which looks at the crime-terror nexus in Latin...
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  • Sep 29 2026

    Blurred Lines: The Child Safety Gap in the Crime-Terror Nexus

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    This Insight is part of GNET’s LatAm series, which looks at the crime-terror nexus in Latin...
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  • Sep 28 2026

    From Kyiv to Culiacán: How Mexican Cartels Are Adapting Drone Warfare Lessons from Ukraine

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    This Insight is part of GNET’s LatAm series, which looks at the crime-terror nexus in Latin...
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