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

  • May 11 2026

    Harakat Ashab al-Yamin al-Islamia: New Hybrid Group Threatens and Confounds European Security Landscape

    On a busy London street in broad daylight, a heavyset man walking down a sidewalk...
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  • May 07 2026

    A Growing Global Threat: A Streamed Nihilistic Attack in Italy

    On 25 March, a 13-year-old student carried out a stabbing attack at his middle school...
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  • May 05 2026

    Not Just Copycat: Digital Ecology of School-Targeted Violence in Lázaro Cárdenas

    On 24 March 2026, a 15-year-old student allegedly carried out an armed attack at a...
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  • May 01 2026

    The ‘True Crime Community Stoplight Model’: Understanding Digital Pathways and Tumbler Ridge

    Content warning: This Insight contains mention of suicide, violence against children, and transphobic slurs. On...
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