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

  • Aug 12 2026

    From Lab Expertise to Chat Interface: The New Risk of Toxin-Level Attacks

    A recent report published by the New York Times (NYT) has shown that publicly accessible...
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  • Aug 10 2026

    Fruit, Vegetable, and Brain Rot: The Use of Generative AI to Produce Violence-Based Viral Trends

    Artificial Intelligence (AI) has transformed online culture by making content creation faster, cheaper, and virtually...
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  • Aug 07 2026

    From the Ground Up: Citizen-Led Counterspeech Against Male Supremacism on Reddit

    From the Ground Up: Citizen-Led Counterspeech Against Male Supremacism on Reddit Amidst an increasing awareness...
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  • Aug 05 2026

    From Blackpill Fatalism to Misanthropy: Unpacking the Motivation of the Schongau School Shooter

    Content warning: This Insight contains mentions of suicide, rape, and hateful language.  On 8 July...
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