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

  • Jun 17 2026

    A Silent Escalation: Anti-Technology Violence Coming to the Fore

    This Insight investigates recent trends in anti-technology extremism, such as attacks on data centres and...
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  • Jun 15 2026

    From Reaction to Retaliation: How Islamic State Dark Web Ecosystems Processed the San Diego Mosque Shooting

    In the aftermath of the San Diego mosque shooting on 18 May, public discussion quickly...
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  • Jun 10 2026

    HAYI and State-Cover Networks: The Changing Landscape of Terrorist Financing in Europe

    This Insight was published as part of GIFCT’s Working Group on Countering the Financing of...
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  • Jun 08 2026

    Innovation in AI-Enabled Harms: The Transference of AI Knowledge from Cybercriminals to Extremists

    Violent extremist actors, including Salafi-Jihadists, neo-Nazis, nihilistic violent extremists (NVE), and others, are increasingly adopting...
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