UPDATE (9:45 p.m.): Decider just spoke with someone with knowledge of the matter that let us know that the decision to remove this ad campaign from New York City’s transit system did not come from either Amazon or any of their marketing agencies. Rather, this source indicated that the decision to strip the subways of their Man In The High Castle-themed wraps originated from a member of a governmental branch, but was unable to provide us with specific confirmation on whether or not the decree was issued at the local or state level. Developing…

UPDATE (7:45 p.m.): Decider received the following statement from Amazon regarding this brouhaha by way of an Amazon spokesperson. “Amazon Studios creates high-quality, provocative programming that spurs conversation. The Man in the High Castle, based on an acclaimed novel, explores the impact to our freedoms if we had lost World War II. Like Transparent and the movie Chi-Raq, stories that society cares about often touch on important, thought-provoking topics. We will continue to bring this kind of storytelling to our customers.”

In case you missed it, Amazon raised a lot of NYC straphangers’ eyebrows this week when they unveiled a bold and controversial ad campaign. The streaming platform paid to have a subway car on the MTA’s Silver Line (aka the 42nd Street shuttle) covered in Nazi and Imperial Japanese symbols to promote their spellbinding new original series The Man In The High Castle. Needless to say, the imagery got some people riled up and the New York Post reports that Amazon has swiftly changed their mind on the promotion.

“Amazon has just decided to pull the ads,” said MTA spokesperson Kevin Ortiz. Yesterday, Ortiz defended the ads, telling Buzzfeed News that “The ads do not violate our content-neutral ad standards.”

Amazon’s decision comes on the heels of a flurry of angry social media posts decrying the campaign for its cultural insensitivity.

Evan Bernstein, the Anti-Defamation League’s New York regional director, told Gothamist that having the Nazi Reichsadler eagle in subway cars is “viscerally offensive, because there is no context as to what it means … This ad campaign has a feel of exploiting things that are so sensitive to so many people.”

We have reached out to Amazon for further comment.

[Watch The Man In The High Castle on Prime Video]