YouTube bans channel of prominent German user for repeated violations of its COVID-19 policies: A popular YouTube channel KenFM, operated by German journalist Ken Jebsen, has been permanently removed from YouTube for repeated violations of the platform's COVID-19 policies. Jebsen is known for being fired from Germany's public broadcaster Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (RBB) after anti-Semitic remarks he allegedly made came to light. "Videos on the channel KenFM violated our COVID-19 policies," YouTube said in a statement, according to the Associated Press. "The channel was removed from YouTube after receiving the third strike for a video within 90 days on November 19th, 2020.”