GIFCT is launching the Investigators Community of Practice (ICOP), a network of investigation, analytic, incident response, and operational trust and safety (T&S) professionals from GIFCT member companies who meet monthly. ICOP and its monthly meetings build off-of and iterate-on the GIFCT’s working group structure, and foster a community of mutual learning between GIFCT and its members.  Through ICOP, GIFCT hopes to create an ongoing and practical partnership with member T&S practitioner teams. Specifically, ICOP will serve as a destination for members and GIFCT staff to learn from one another, and brainstorm new GIFCT information sharing solutions. Periodically, ICOP will  leverage external experts to provide substantive input for participants in the form of dedicated topic-oriented briefs. Each ICOP session will be  focused on a challenge facing T&S operation teams. Each topic will be explored along 3 valences to guide the group’s discussion. These valences are (1) threat landscape, (2) best practices, and (3) collective/GIFCT solutions. Sessions may include a combination of member-company presentation, structured group discussion, and GIFCT solutions focus group.

This Working Group seeks to consolidate, and establish, actionable cross-sector best practices and standards for AI safety products related to exploitation by terrorist and violent extremist (TVE) actors. Drawing from industry experience, the group will map TVE threats, identify effective mitigation strategies, and analyze overlaps in different companies' approaches to develop best practices tailored to specific product types. This effort will be conducted in collaboration with government and civil society practitioners to incorporate diverse perspectives and ensure comprehensive, sector-wide impact.

This Working Group is focussed on identifying the current trends in youth radicalization and mobilization, and identifying lessons learned from prevention and positive intervention strategies to address these dynamics. This group will aim to highlight best practices while connecting industry, practitioners, and experts to enhance cross-sector efforts. Through a series of structured multistakeholder dialogues, this group will map evolutions in both the threats and responses, considering in particular how terrorists and violent extremists have targeted younger audiences online. The group will examine lessons learned from practice and programs, including positive interventions, counter-speech or “counter-narrative” work, and wider PCVE engagements, building on from previous GIFCT Working Groups. Key findings and insights gleaned from the group, as well as the identification of relevant tools and resources,  will help equip practitioners in online safety efforts to build resilience in young online users and further positive intervention efforts.