Breitbart tech editor snags book deal

Milo Yiannopoulos, tech editor at conservative website Breitbart, has landed a book deal with Simon & Schuster.

His book "Dangerous" will seek to explain the rise of the "populist, nationalist Trump phenomenon," according to a news release from Yiannopoulos, a British conservative who has been vocal in his support of Donald Trump.

The news brought on backlash via social media against Simon & Schuster, the publishing house owned by CBS Corp. Others said the book would simply be an example of free speech.

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