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

  • Dec 05 2025

    Could Chatbots Seduce Us into Extremism? Radicalisation Risks in an Age of AI Companions

    In July, the UK Government’s Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation, Jonathan Hall KC, relayed his...
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  • Dec 03 2025

    Have Any Change to Spare? How the Islamic State Leverages Instagram for Fundraising

    Following the 2019 Battle of Baghouz, which marked the Islamic State’s territorial collapse, IS-affiliated individuals...
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  • Dec 01 2025

    Fractures on the (Storm-)Front: Contesting the Role of Women in White Supremacy

    This Insight is part of GNET’s Gender and Online Violent Extremism series, aligning with the UN’s...
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  • Nov 28 2025

    Back to Basics: 325 and the Renewed Critique of Technological Civilisation

    This Insight examines the return of 325, an insurrectionary anarchist zine, and the renewed prominence...
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