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

  • Sep 17 2025

    Mapping Terrorist AI Use: Identifying Factors Behind a Relatively Slow Adoption Rate

    Over the past three years, regional, national, and international governments have repeatedly raised concerns that...
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  • Sep 15 2025

    Evolution, Expansion and Diversification: Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan’s Umar Media

    Since 2021, Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has reformed its organisational structure every year – imitating the...
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  • Sep 10 2025

    State of the Art: Unpacking the FATF’s Terrorist Financing Threat Assessment 

    On 8 July 2025, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) – the global standard setter...
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  • Sep 08 2025

    Can Gaming Support Disengagement? Exploring Opportunities and Challenges for Innovative Disengagement Approaches

    The last few years have seen an increase in research efforts detailing how extremist actors...
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