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Milo Yiannopoulos's Book Is Being Advertised On New York City Subways—And Commuters Are Pissed

Posters advertising "Dangerous" have been defaced or torn down.

Milo Yiannopoulos' new book, Dangerous, is being advertised on subway platforms in New York, despite the MTA's stated policy of prohibiting political and divisive ads.

Subway posters featuring the gay firebrand's face and the title of the book, along with a blurb from Red Alert Politics declaring him "the Kanye West of journalism," have appeared in a number of stations.

Dangerous was also advertised on the Washington D.C. Metro, but was removed after the D.C. Transit Authority decided the posters breached a rule that advertisements "that promote or oppose any religion, religious practice, or belief are prohibited."

“We reviewed the ad, we found it violated our guidelines,” Metro spokesman Richard Jordan told Washingtonian.

In D.C., “advertisements intended to influence members of the public regarding an issue on which there are varying opinions are prohibited,” as is marketing "intended to influence public policy.” New York's MTA has similar guidelines in place, though it appears they differ on whether Yiannopoulos crosses the line.

Yiannopoulos told Washingtonian the Metro's decision to remove his ads was a violation of his First Amendment rights.

“Shocking no one, the Washington D.C. Metro—the public transportation system of the swamp itself—has banned ads for my book,” he wrote. “We didn’t have anything to say about issues or policy, unless you consider my face to be a political statement... Is my face a hate crime?”

We've reached out to the MTA for a comment about the ads, but New Yorkers are already making their opinions known: At least two posters have been torn in half.

The question of which MTA ads are too political has been hotly debated in recent years: Posters about reproductive services, a guaranteed $15 minimum wage, and a Netflix documentary about Muslim comedians, have all been flagged or removed. But though the MTA initially rejected right-wing blogger Pamela Geller's ads calling Muslims “savages” guilty of “killing Jews,” she won on appeal.

MTA usually outsources advertising to billboard company Outfront, who will first work with clients to address controversial ads. If changes can't or won't be made, various agencies in the MTA get involved—including legal, communications and even security. (According to The Nation, MTA director of real estate Jeffrey Rosen was the one who made the call to nix Geller's Islamophobic ad.)

In February, Yiannopoulos was dismissed from Breitbart after a video appeared to show him condoning sex between adult men and adolescents—a statement he insists was taken out of context. His speaking engagement at CPAC was canceled and Yiannopoulos' publisher, Simon & Schuster, rescinded his book contract, leading him to self-publish Dangerous. (Earlier this month, Yiannopoulos filed suit against Simon & Schuster for $10 million.)

In the end, whether Yiannopoulos' ad constitutes an attempt to influence public policy may be moot: Despite his claim that Dangerous has sold 100,000 copies so far, Nielsen BookScan indicates fewer than 19,000 copies w purchaseree in the U.S., and just 152 books in the U.K.

Yiannopoulos has dismissed the lower figure as "fake news."

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