Amazon Pulls Ad With Nazi Imagery After Subway Rider Complaints
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David McNew/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — After complaints from subway passengers and even remakrs from the mayor, Amazon has pulled its ads from the subway with Nazi-like imagery.
According to ABC News affiliate WABC-TV, the campaign, advertising Amazon’s show The Man in the High Castle, was pulled Tuesday.
The show is about what would happen if the U.S. had lost World War II.
“The ads do not violate our content-neutral ad standards and thus we have no grounds to reject them,” said the MTA in a statement. “The MTA is a government agency and can’t accept or reject ads based on how we feel about them; we have to follow the standards approved by our board.”
Mayor Bill de Blasio released a statement on Tuesday saying, “While these ads technically may be within MTA guidelines, they’re irresponsible and offensive to World War II and Holocaust survivors, their families, and countless other New Yorkers. Amazon should take them down.”
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