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 26 2025

    Intersectionality in the Incelosphere: Understanding the Racial Dimensions of Misogynistic Extremism

    This Insight is part of GNET’s Gender and Online Violent Extremism series, aligning with the...
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  • Nov 25 2025

    Sanctified Misogyny: The Use of Fundamentalist Sexual Narratives to Legitimise Incel Ideology

    This Insight is part of GNET’s Gender and Online Violent Extremism series, aligning with the...
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  • Nov 21 2025

    Neo-Nazi Exploitation Online: AI Voice-Cloning and the Revival of Hitler Speeches

    For over a year, neo-Nazi networks have been exploiting readily available AI voice-cloning tools to...
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  • 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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