Followers of hate preacher Anjem Choudary are still posting online videos promoting Islamic extremism.
Many clips, still available for the public to search for on Google and view on Youtube, include calls to arms "to fight the non-believers", the glorification of Islamic State atrocities, and demands for a world governed by Sharia law, The Times reported.
Following Choudary's conviction of terror offences, experts told Sky News they feared more people would be influenced by his social media presence.
Counter-terrorism expert Andrew Silke said: "There will be a spike in interest in what he said and material he's produced.
"It will get a lot of viewings. A lot of people will see it for the first time now and obviously the fear is some of those people will be influenced by what they read and what they see."
British-born Choudary encouraged backing for IS in a series of talks posted on YouTube, and recognised a caliphate - a symbolic Islamic state - had been created under an IS leader after it was announced on 29 June, 2014, the Old Bailey heard.
Last month Choudary, 49, and co-defendant Mohammed Mizanur Rahman, 33, were found guilty of inviting support for IS between 29 June 2014 and 6 March 2015.
Some of the videos still available online contain speeches from Siddhartha Dhar who travelled to Syria. In one he labelled Jewish people as corrupt and arrogant, while publicising Nazi propaganda.
Until reporting of Choudary's conviction was allowed on Tuesday, it appeared that little action was taken by internet companies in relation to his activity, but his official account is no longer visible.
Choudary amassed 32,000 followers and his Old Bailey trial heard how UK authorities tried and failed to get his posts taken down in August last year and the following March.
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