WASHINGTON 鈥� Metro has pulled ads for controversial right-wing speaker Milo Yiannopoulos鈥� self-published memoir after determining the ads violated the transit system鈥檚 policies banning issue-oriented, political and other advocacy advertising.
The ads went up in stations and on some Metro trains within the last week, and the agency said they have now been taken down.
Yiannopoulos is his book after Simon & Schuster dropped a publishing deal in February amid an angry backlash against the publisher from opponents of Yiannopoulos鈥檚 鈥渧icious rhetoric.鈥� He announced on Friday that he’s suing the publisher.
Yiannopoulos has been banned from Twitter after a series of tweets in the midst of a racist campaign that had been launched against actress Leslie Jones. He also resigned from Breitbart 太子探花 earlier this year after comments he made about pedophilia emerged.
Metro uses a contractor to sell and install ads across the system, but ultimately Metro鈥檚 leaders can make a final determination.
Metro policies on advertising include:
- 鈥淎dvertisements intended to influence members of the public regarding an issue on which there are varying opinions are prohibited鈥�
- 鈥淎dvertisements that are intended to influence public policy are prohibited鈥�
In the past, decisions on which ads to reject have focused on First Amendment rights in public spaces.
