Milo Yiannopoulos Resigns As Editor Of Breitbart Tech

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NEW YORK (CBSMiami/AP) — The self-proclaimed 'internet troll' Milo Yiannopoulos resigned as the editor of Breitbart Tech amid criticism from other conservatives over his comments on sexual relationships between boys and older men.

On Monday, he was disinvited from the Conservative Political Action Conference after video of his remarks was promoted through social media by a conservative blog, the Reagan Battalion.

Publisher Simon & Schuster (a part of CBS Corporation) and its Threshold Editions imprint later announced it would cancel the publication of his book, "Dangerous."

In a statement Tuesday, Yiannopoulos said he would be wrong "to allow my poor choice of words to detract from my colleagues' important reporting."

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