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 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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  • Oct 20 2025

    ICERAID: Surveillance, Vigilantism, and Crypto-Rewards

    Over the last several years, extremist and terrorist groups have begun using cryptocurrencies in a...
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  • Oct 15 2025

    Everyday Extremism: Molka, Nth Room, and the Infrastructure of Digital Misogyny

    Digital sex crimes such as South Korea’s molka (hidden camera) phenomenon and the Nth Room...
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