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

Equipping digital platforms and civil society groups with awareness, knowledge, and tools to develop sustainable programs to disrupt terrorist and violent extremist activity online

Respond

Respond

Bringing together key stakeholders to mitigate the impact of a terrorist or violent extremist attack

Learn

Learn

Supporting cutting-edge, practical research efforts at the intersection of extremism and technology

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

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

  • Sep 22 2023

    From British Imperialism to ‘Globohomo’: Analysing the Irish Far-Right’s Engagement with Irish Nationalism on Telegram

    Introduction Ireland has seen limited instances of far-right and xenophobic nationalism, as left-wing political movements...
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  • Sep 20 2023

    An Evolving Threat Landscape: Composite Violent Extremism and Prevention Efforts

    Introduction A year before William Atchison carried out the 2017 Aztec High School shooting in...
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Tech against Terrorism

Latest news from our mentorship and knowledge-sharing partner

  • Aug 22 2023

    Terrorist Content Analytics Platform: Second Annual Transparency Report 

    The second Transparency Report of the Terrorist Content Analytics Platform (TCAP), outlined the progress of...
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  • Jul 31 2023

    The Disruption Report: July 2023

    How Tech Against Terrorism is analysing and disrupting the terrorist and violent extremist threat online....
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Twitter Feed

Thank you to our cohosts @UN_CTED, speakers, moderators & honored guests for rich discussions today on emerging technologies, AI & ...counterterrorism. These valuable perspectives continue to inform our work to counter terrorist & violent extremist activity online. #UNGA78

Today, GIFCT & @UN_CTED cohost an event in NYC at the margins of the opening of the UN General Assembly examining the impacts of emerging ...technology on terrorism and counterterrorism. Discussions will draw on findings and outputs from GIFCT Working Groups.
https://gifct.org/year-three-working-groups/

Next Wednesday, Sept. 13 at 10:30 EDT, join us for our September 2023 webinar in GIFCT & @techvsterrorism's e-Learning series as we take an ...in-depth look into the challenges and opportunities that the decentralized web provides.

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UN Security Council CTC noted GIFCT when unanimously adopting the #DelhiDeclaration on countering terrorist use of emerging technology this past ...Saturday. GIFCT is honored for this recognition and grateful for continued support to increase our work with govt + tech globally.

Interim Exec Dir and Dir of Programming @ErinSaltman explained why a cross-industry approach is essential for developing solutions to countering ...terrorism online at #UNCTCEmergingTech

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