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

  • Jul 08 2026

    Pre-Transactional Infrastructure and Insurgent Resilience: The Case of Islamic State Mozambique

    By April 2021, Islamic State Mozambique Province (ISMP, also known as al-Shabaab or Ansar al-Sunnah)...
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  • Jul 02 2026

    Online Jihadist Responses to the Iran War: Divergence, Propaganda, and Positioning

    Since the launch of Israeli and United States’ military operations against Iran on 28 February...
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  • Jun 29 2026

    Emerging Extremism Frameworks: Reexamining the 2023 Siam Paragon Attack in Context

    On 3 October 2023, a fourteen-year-old teenager walked into the Siam Paragon shopping mall in...
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  • Jun 25 2026

    The Invisible Pipeline: Human Trafficking, Extremism, and the Case for AI-Driven Detection in Pakistan’s Af-Pak Corridor

    In Pakistan’s Af-Pak Corridor, human trafficking has become increasingly embedded within the operational and financial...
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