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 2026

    ISIS’s Current Cyber Ambitions: Intent, Capabilities, and Threat

    Cyberattacks have long been an integral part of the global threat landscape, posing a persistent...
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  • Oct 14 2026

    ISKP’s QR Codes and the Limits of Text-Based Monitoring

    On 1 July 2026, the US Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control added 134 cryptocurrency...
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  • Oct 12 2026

    No More Edits: The Fagersta Attack and The True Crime Community in Scandinavia

    On 21 August 2026, 18-year-old Liam Nebel walked into Brinellskolan in Fagersta, wearing all black,...
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  • Oct 01 2026

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

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