Much of the work at Breitbart which brought Yiannopoulos to national attention was inspired by the ideas of neo-Nazis and white nationalists. Association with neo-Nazism and the alt-right Yiannopoulos employed Gamergate as a basis for online attacks on women, and his role in Gamergate allowed him to become one of the central figures in the mainstream growth of the alt-right. In 2014, Yiannopoulos emerged as a "lead actor" in the Gamergate controversy through his work at Breitbart, becoming one of the most vocal of Gamergate's supporters. After the acquisition by Daily Dot Media, Yiannopoulos stepped down as editor-in-chief, although he remained an adviser to the company. In 2014, The Kernel was acquired by Daily Dot Media, the parent company of The Daily Dot. It was reopened later that year under Kernel Media, with Yiannopoulos remaining Editor-in-Chief and having privately settled the previous debts. In March 2013, The Kernel was shut down amidst allegations of unpaid wages, at a time when Yiannopoulos was the Editor-in-Chief and sole director of the parent company, Sentinel Media. In November 2011, Yiannopoulos co-founded The Kernel. His Telegraph columnist bio described him in 2009 as one who "writes sceptically about Web 2.0 and social media but enthusiastically about the internet in general." The Kernel In 2009, Yiannopoulos moved to technology journalism with The Daily Telegraph. Career Īfter he dropped out of university, Yiannopoulos initially secured a job at The Catholic Herald. In August 2021, Yiannopoulos claimed that he tested positive for COVID-19 and implied that he used ivermectin to treat himself, despite the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and medical professionals warning against using the medication as a treatment for COVID-19. In March 2021, during an interview with right-wing publication LifeSiteNews, Yiannopoulos claimed to be " ex-gay" and stated his husband had been "demoted to housemate". He reportedly married his long-term boyfriend in Hawaii in September 2017. He attended the University of Manchester but dropped out before graduating he then read English at Wolfson College, Cambridge, but was sent down-i.e. Yiannopoulos was educated at Simon Langton Grammar School for Boys in Canterbury from which he has said he was expelled. As a teenager, Yiannopoulos lived with his paternal grandmother whose surname he later adopted. He is described as a practising Roman Catholic, but has also said that he is Jewish Yiannopoulos states his maternal grandmother was Jewish. Raised by his mother and her second husband, Yiannopoulos has stated that he did not have a good relationship with his stepfather. His parents divorced when he was a child. His father is of half- Greek and half- Irish descent.
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.