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Industry-governed custodian of shared terrorism-related matching infrastructure
The Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism describes itself as a member-funded nonprofit providing shared tools and coordination against terrorist and violent extremist activity online. Its company-led governance, membership conditions and hash-sharing database make it an important private infrastructure institution rather than a public regulator.
Mandatory tiered annual dues began in 2025; hash-database access additionally requires an information-sharing agreement. The organisation reports taking full management in 2022 and withdrawing five legacy nonmembers' accesses. Its Code provides warnings and technology or membership restrictions, with an organisational appeal route. GIFCT commissioned and paid for BSR's 2021 human-rights assessment while BSR retained editorial control. Later responses and a May 2026 policy update describe changes and continuing commitments; they do not establish that every proposed review measure or individual remedy has been completed.
Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism → GIFCT member technology companies
Current criteria include reports/appeals, transparency and rights commitments; HSDB access requires information-sharing agreement. Integrated or integrating does not mean all named members are operational. No private agreement content was acquired.
GIFCT member technology companies → Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism
Mandatory dues reported from 2025; current membership page observed September 2026.
Mandatory dues began in 2025; current criteria require annual tiered contributions. The report’s combined member/external total is not attributed wholly to any named company, and no per-member payment amount is inferred.
Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism → BSR assessment for GIFCT — 2021
2021-07-20 – 2021-07-20
July 2021 response says membership criteria/appeals had been revised while other human-review, external review, research and governance work remained longer-term or exploratory. Do not treat every promise as completed.
GIFCT Tech Solutions Code — 2022 → Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism
Public Code allows warnings/corrections and temporary/permanent technology or membership restrictions after consultation. Detailed acceptable-use examples are omitted; no specific sanction exercise established here.
DIS Standard2024 — commenced 22 December → Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism
DIS commencement anchor; not observed procurement or use.
Section 6 Note 2 supplies a legal recognition route for known pro-terror material. Examples are nonexclusive; no purchase requirement, actual deployment or incorporation of every private classification into law.
Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism → GIFCT Membership Advisory Program
2026-05-18 – 2026-05-18
MAP’s 2025 launch and five 2025 BSR company reviews are separate from the May 2026 announced service transition. Its completed handover date and five-year assessment report were not acquired.
Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism → GIFCT human-rights policy — May 2026
Policy states May 2026 update; exact day unknown despite older URL path.
Updated policy assigns assessment, action, tracking and communication activities. Annex measures/risk register are commitments, not observed measurements or user remedy outcomes.
GIFCT Operating Board → Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism
Current official governance account gives the Operating Board strategic guidance/oversight; no specific content decision or meeting vote is acquired.
GIFCT: organizational authority, financing and signal correction ↗
Human-rights assessment, promised changes and current policy ↗
Tech Against Terrorism: the verifier, its legal controller and its operating rules ↗
DIS Standard2024 — commenced 22 December → names it as an example of independent expert verification tools → Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism
DIS commencement anchor; not observed procurement or use.
Section 6 Note 2 supplies a legal recognition route for known pro-terror material. Examples are nonexclusive; no purchase requirement, actual deployment or incorporation of every private classification into law.
Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism → contributes funding according to TAT’s account → Tech Against Terrorism
Reported by the cited source
TAT About funding passage names GIFCT support; no amount, period, donor agreement or classification veto is established.
GIFCT Operating Board → provides strategic oversight → Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism
Current official governance account gives the Operating Board strategic guidance/oversight; no specific content decision or meeting vote is acquired.
GIFCT member technology companies → must pay tiered annual membership dues → Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism
Mandatory dues reported from 2025; current membership page observed September 2026.
Mandatory dues began in 2025; current criteria require annual tiered contributions. The report’s combined member/external total is not attributed wholly to any named company, and no per-member payment amount is inferred.
Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism → conditions shared-tool access on membership and agreement → GIFCT member technology companies
Current criteria include reports/appeals, transparency and rights commitments; HSDB access requires information-sharing agreement. Integrated or integrating does not mean all named members are operational. No private agreement content was acquired.
Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism → reported taking management and withdrawing five legacy accesses → GIFCT Hash-Sharing Database
2022 report period; individual withdrawal dates unspecified.
Reported by the cited source
2022 report says GIFCT took full management and rescinded access from five legacy nonmembers that did not pursue membership. Historical organizational access change, not current membership count or content removal.
Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism → can create qualifying hashes itself → GIFCT Hash-Sharing Database
Annual report describes GIFCT hash creation as well as member contributions; no item-specific instance asserted.
GIFCT Tech Solutions Code — 2022 → sets leadership and Board consultation procedures for sanctions → Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism
Public Code allows warnings/corrections and temporary/permanent technology or membership restrictions after consultation. Detailed acceptable-use examples are omitted; no specific sanction exercise established here.
Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism → commissioned and paid for the human-rights assessment → BSR assessment for GIFCT — 2021
Assessment work December 2020–May 2021; exact payment date unknown.
Reported by the cited source
BSR editorial control. No amount or contract terms acquired; paid assessment is not a demonstration of assessor direction or a completed audit of member outcomes.
Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism → responded with completed changes and further commitments → BSR assessment for GIFCT — 2021
2021-07-20 – 2021-07-20
July 2021 response says membership criteria/appeals had been revised while other human-review, external review, research and governance work remained longer-term or exploratory. Do not treat every promise as completed.
Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism → updated its public human-rights policy in May 2026 → GIFCT human-rights policy — May 2026
Policy states May 2026 update; exact day unknown despite older URL path.
Updated policy assigns assessment, action, tracking and communication activities. Annex measures/risk register are commitments, not observed measurements or user remedy outcomes.
Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism → announced transfer of BSR-delivered rights services into MAP → GIFCT Membership Advisory Program
2026-05-18 – 2026-05-18
MAP’s 2025 launch and five 2025 BSR company reviews are separate from the May 2026 announced service transition. Its completed handover date and five-year assessment report were not acquired.