Membership

The GIFCT membership criteria are intended to maintain the integrity of GIFCT while we work towards our mission, promote a culture of multi-stakeholder collaboration, and emphasize the complementary and mutually reinforcing nature of combatting terrorism and violent extremism and ensuring respect for human rights.

The GIFCT membership criteria are designed to be both meaningful and achievable for the diverse range of technology companies with a role to play in countering terrorism and violent extremism online.*

Before joining GIFCT, the applicant company must provide or demonstrate:

1. Terms of service, community guidelines, or other publicly available policies that explicitly prohibit terrorist and/or violent extremist activity
2. The ability to receive, review, and act on both reports of activity that is illegal and/or violates terms of service and user appeals.
3. A desire to explore new technical solutions to counter terrorist and violent extremist activity online
4. Regular, public data transparency reports**

   All GIFCT member transparency reports can be found under the “Transparency” section of our Guide to GIFCT Member Company Tools and Resources.
   
5. A public commitment to respect human rights in accordance with the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs)***

   ***This public commitment should encompass the International Bill of Human Rights.
   
6. Support for expanding the capacity of civil society organizations to challenge terrorism and violent extremism

GIFCT members must be technology-related companies seeking to prevent terrorist and violent extremist exploitation of their platform(s) and/or services.****

Upon joining GIFCT, the company must:

1. Issue a public statement of commitment to the mission of GIFCT that elaborates on how the company intends to participate in the work of GIFCT and expresses the following:
   1. An intention to collaborate with the global GIFCT stakeholder community to prevent terrorists and violent extremists from exploiting digital platforms
   2. The view that combatting terrorism and violent extremism and ensuring respect for human rights are complementary and mutually reinforcing goals
2. Respond to an annual survey issued by GIFCT staff on how the company is living up to its membership commitments and making use of and/or contributing to GIFCT initiatives and resources.
3. Work towards communicating publicly how the company participates in and contributes to the mission of GIFCT.