<p>Jihadist chants, sermons and propaganda targeted at attracting young recruits have been taken off SoundCloud, one of the world's biggest music streaming services, Europol said Friday.</p>.<p>The Berlin-based SoundCloud, which is known as the "Audio YouTube" and boasts millions of listeners, had been increasingly tapped by jihadists to spread their message -- sparking concern.</p>.<p>"Some 1,100 profiles and audio files assessed as illegal were flagged to SoundCloud. Upon review, SoundCloud deleted the reported files that were considered a breach of its terms and conditions," Europol said in a statement.</p>.<p>These included "jihadist chants in several languages as well as audio fragments promoting violent and right wing extremist groups," it said.</p>.<p>The European police agency said some of the content "had already amassed several thousand hits and audio streams".</p>.<p>The crackdown was launched by German police and coordinated by Europol with the participation of law enforcement authorities from Britain, Denmark, Hungary, Portugal and Spain.</p>.<p>This referral action day is part of an ongoing public-private partnership between SoundCloud, law enforcement agencies and Europol to address the terrorist abuse of the internet, prevent online radicalisation and safeguard fundamental rights.</p>
<p>Jihadist chants, sermons and propaganda targeted at attracting young recruits have been taken off SoundCloud, one of the world's biggest music streaming services, Europol said Friday.</p>.<p>The Berlin-based SoundCloud, which is known as the "Audio YouTube" and boasts millions of listeners, had been increasingly tapped by jihadists to spread their message -- sparking concern.</p>.<p>"Some 1,100 profiles and audio files assessed as illegal were flagged to SoundCloud. Upon review, SoundCloud deleted the reported files that were considered a breach of its terms and conditions," Europol said in a statement.</p>.<p>These included "jihadist chants in several languages as well as audio fragments promoting violent and right wing extremist groups," it said.</p>.<p>The European police agency said some of the content "had already amassed several thousand hits and audio streams".</p>.<p>The crackdown was launched by German police and coordinated by Europol with the participation of law enforcement authorities from Britain, Denmark, Hungary, Portugal and Spain.</p>.<p>This referral action day is part of an ongoing public-private partnership between SoundCloud, law enforcement agencies and Europol to address the terrorist abuse of the internet, prevent online radicalisation and safeguard fundamental rights.</p>