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

  • Nov 20 2025

    Space Tech and Terrorism: Satellite Imagery and GPS-Guided Drones in TTP Propaganda

    Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), a UN-designated terrorist organisation and statistically the deadliest terrorist outfit in Pakistan,...
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  • Nov 14 2025

    From TechHaven to Telegram: How Latin American Youth Are Being Drawn into Jihadist Networks

    This Insight was published as part of GIFCT’s Working Group on Addressing Youth Radicalization and...
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  • Nov 12 2025

    Echoes of Resistance: Mapping Geuzenbond and its Latest Plot in the Netherlands

    On 14 August 2025, Thomas Daveson – identified as Thomas D. by the media –...
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  • Nov 04 2025

    The Attention Window: Online Ecosystems of Rage, Mobilisation, and Extremist Narratives Following the Heaton Park Synagogue Attack

    On 2 October 2025, all eyes turned to the shocking events unfolding at a synagogue...
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