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

  • Jan 21 2026

    3D-Printed Warfare: A New Phase in Jihadist “Do-It-Yourself” Innovation Targeting the West?

    This Insight analyses potential security threats associated with the use of 3D-printing technologies for the...
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  • Jan 19 2026

    The Moscow Oblast School Stabbing: Understanding Hybrid Radicalisation and Transnational Online Subcultures

    The fatal stabbing of a 10-year-old Tajik immigrant schoolboy in the Odintsovo district of Moscow...
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  • Jan 16 2026

    Testing Resilience: Can the Proposed EU Drone Wall Defend Against Extremist Actors?

    The European Union is developing a “Drone Wall”, officially named the European Drone Defence Initiative,...
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  • Jan 14 2026

    Understanding Cyberhacktivist Radicalisation: A Socio-Psychological Approach

    Note: The following Insight draws on research conducted by Sonja Belkin and Kristy Sakano under...
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