GIFCT’s strategic planning and programming centers on three pillars:
Delivering critical information and the capacity to prevent and disrupt terrorist and violent extremist activity online
Coordinating and continually strengthening the tech ecosystem’s response to the online impacts of terrorist or violent extremist incidents
Convening industry, experts, and civil society to understand emerging trends relating to technology, terrorism, and violent extremism
Recent insights, reports, and digests from our academic research arm
Latest news from our mentorship and knowledge-sharing partner here
Earlier this month, GIFCT & @firjan convened a Latin American tech workshop in Rio. Regional industry bodies, #tech companies & experts had ... the opportunity to share insights on regional terrorism & #counterterrorism dynamics. See our website for a recap: https://gifct.org/2024/04/29/latam-tech-workshop/
GIFCT's Executive Director @NaureenCFink gave the keynote speech at "Addressing the Prevailing Digital ‘Information Disorder,’" a regional ... conference organized by the?@OSCE Action Against Terrorism Unit and the National Counter-terrorism Council of Mongolia.
The conference underscored the need to enhance #DigitalLiteracy, develop inclusive, #gender-sensitive policies, and center #HumanRights-based ... approaches while preventing and countering terrorism and violent extremism. We're pleased to have contributed to this valuable dialogue.
GIFCT welcomes 3 new additions to its Independent Advisory Committee! Dr. @g_sullivan (@UoELawSchool) & @broderickM_ (Associate Fellow ... @ICSR_Centre) join in their individual capacity & the Commonwealth of Australia joins as the 7th government member. → https://gifct.org/governance/
Last month, GIFCT worked with @BSRnews to convene an expert discussion on practical #humanrights-based approaches to preventing terrorists & ... violent extremists from exploiting digital platforms with @UN_OCT & @article19UN. Here's a summary of the panel: https://gifct.org/2024/04/22/human-rights-based-approaches/
GIFCT had the pleasure of hosting with @firjan a Latin America regional workshop in Rio yesterday, bringing together participants from tech, industry ... bodies, local CTVE experts, and UN & government representatives to explore the intersections of #technology and #counterterrorism.
"Having a space to collaborate with other platforms is extremely beneficial to us and our industry as a whole. This is something GIFCT provides... a ... place where we can share technical tools, but also... knowledge... " said Lucas Gagliardi of @yubo_app, a GIFCT member company.
A big thanks to all our participants and supporters for their valuable contributions. This is GIFCT's 18th Regional Workshop since its inception. ... For more information about our programming, please visit http://www.gifct.org.
