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

  • Oct 30 2025

    Islamic State Information Technology: The New “Security Tips Series” of Electronic Horizon Foundation

    In 2020, at the launch of its first “Supporter’s Security Magazine” on the pro-IS Rocket.Chat...
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  • Oct 28 2025

    Youth Radicalisation in the Gaming Sphere: An Exploration of Identity-Based Hate and Extremist Content on Roblox

    The gaming sector is becoming increasingly relevant in efforts to understand contemporary forms of extremism....
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  • Oct 24 2025

    Closing the Enforcement Gap: AI, Illicit Liquidity, and the Next Phase of Counter-Terrorist Finance

    This Insight is published to coincide with Global Media and Information Literacy Week to highlight...
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  • Oct 23 2025

    Malicious Use of AI and the Race to Respond: Innovation, Regulation, and Risk

    Terrorist and Violent Extremist (TVE) actors are known as early adopters of emerging technologies. There...
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