YouTube on Monday said it’s terminated the channels of a handful of white supremacists, including far-right figure Richard Spencer and former Ku Klux Klan grand wizard David Duke. 

The ban also includes the video personality Stefan Molyneux and the white nationalist organization American Renaissance. YouTube, which is owned by Google, said the accounts were removed for repeatedly violating the platform’s policies against hate speech. 

The ban follows rule changes YouTube announced a year ago to crack down on toxic content. The policy bars videos videos that push extremist views like white supremacy or deny events like the Holocaust or Sandy Hook shooting. The company said it would remove any video “alleging that a group is superior