The allegation arose from several video clips in which he said that sexual relationships between 13-year-old boys and adult men and women can be 'perfectly consensual' and positive experiences for the boys. Yiannopoulos has been accused of advocating for paedophilia. Īccording to hundreds of emails by Yiannopoulos leaked by BuzzFeed in late 2017, Yiannopoulos repeatedly solicited white nationalists, such as American Renaissance editor Devin Saucier, for story ideas and editing suggestions during his tenure at Breitbart. He was permanently banned from Facebook in 2019. In July 2016, he was permanently banned from Twitter for online harassment of actress Leslie Jones. During his time at Breitbart, Yiannopoulos rose to prominence as a significant voice in the Gamergate controversy.
Yiannopoulos worked for Breitbart from 2014 until 2017. Yiannopoulos is a former editor for Breitbart News, an American far-right media organisation. His speeches and writings often ridicule Islam, feminism, social justice, and political correctness. Milo Yiannopoulos ( / j ə ˈ n ɒ p əl ə s/ born Milo Hanrahan, 18 October 1984), who has also published as Milo Andreas Wagner and the mononym Milo, is a British alt right political commentator, polemicist, public speaker, and writer.
