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

  • Mar 16 2026

    The Designation of 764 Network: Why Does it Matter?

    The 764 network is an international online sadistic network which operates at the intersection of...
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  • Mar 13 2026

    Operation Herof-2: How Hakkal Media Weaponised the BLA’s Narrative Online

    On 31 January, the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA), a designated Foreign Terrorist Organisation, launched the...
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  • Mar 11 2026

    Inside the Discord Server: Echo Chambers and the Spread of Gen-Z Radicalisation

    This Insight examines how extremist aesthetics and narratives inspired by jihadist groups are produced, circulated,...
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  • Mar 09 2026

    AI-led Content Moderation Tools: Are They The Answer To Combatting Online Extremism in Canada?

    Social media has proven to be a significant medium fomenting violent extremism, the circulation and...
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