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 31 2026

    ‘From the Belly of the Beast!’: Militant Accelerationists and the Iran War

    Introduction Against the backdrop of the 2026 Iran War, a strand of militant accelerationism has...
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  • Aug 21 2026

    Closing the Gap: Consolidating Terrorist Threat Intelligence in Frontier AI Governance

    Government and industry leaders alike increasingly employ frameworks to assess and mitigate notable AI risks....
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  • Aug 19 2026

    Hezbollah’s Financing Networks:  A Threat Far Beyond Lebanon

    This Insight was published as part of GIFCT’s Working Group on Countering the Financing of Terrorism Online...
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  • Aug 17 2026

    From Propaganda to Practice: Instructional Media and the Diffusion of Drone Capabilities in Jihadist Ecosystems

    On 1 May 2026, Marvin Aneer Jalo was sentenced in Phoenix, Arizona, in the United...
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