Twitter stans troll the Epilepsy Foundation, criminal complaint was filed

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LANDOVER, Md. — The Epilepsy Foundation has filed formal criminal complaints with law enforcement authorities outlining a series of attacks on its Twitter feed designed to trigger seizure(s) in people with epilepsy. The attacks, which used the Foundation’s Twitter handle and hashtags to post flashing or strobing lights, deliberately targeted the feed during National Epilepsy Awareness Month when the greatest number of people with epilepsy and seizures were likely to be following the feed.

“Flashing lights at certain intensities or certain visual patterns can trigger seizures in those with photosensitive epilepsy,” said Jacqueline French, M.D., chief medical and innovation officer of the Epilepsy Foundation and professor of Neurology at NYU Langone Health's Comprehensive Epilepsy Center. “While the population of those with photosensitive epilepsy is small, the impact can be quite serious. Many are not even aware they have photosensitivity until they have a seizure.”

“Twitter is one of the largest places of public gathering that exists today,” said Allison Nichol, Esq., director of legal advocacy for the Epilepsy Foundation. “These attacks are no different than a person carrying a strobe light into a convention of people with epilepsy and seizures, with the intention of inducing seizures and thereby causing significant harm to the participants. The fact that these attacks came during National Epilepsy Awareness Month only highlights their reprehensible nature. The Foundation is fully cooperating with law enforcement and intends to utilize all available avenues to ensure that those responsible are held fully accountable.”

link: https://www.epilepsy.com/release/2019/12/epilepsy-foundation-files-criminal-complaint-and-requests-investigation-response

 

[Maxxie69 106]

I thought stan twitter was trash but god damn troll twitter.... that's a whole new level of trash..

[LaMaisonGaga 23,884]

People are seriously sick.

[ChromeAngel 3,230]

Wtf I hope they find these people. Who thinks it’s funny to give someone a seizure?? While it’s rare, it is possible to die from one. 

[PartySick 172,415]

They could kill somebody  wtf is wrong with them.

[JusKeepBreathin 19,311]

Why are people trash? 

[Daylight Jokers 14,958]

This was literally posted under the tweet:

It's a seizure-inducing video. Twitter Monsters are embarrassing. 

[joannesrats 26]

Okay, yeah, this sucks. Unfortunately, however, they are going to be hard pressed to get any form of criminal charges actually pushed upon the people posting these images or whatever. It's the internet.

[ltlmnstr 2,771]

35 minutes ago, PhillipBagshaw said:

Okay, yeah, this sucks. Unfortunately, however, they are going to be hard pressed to get any form of criminal charges actually pushed upon the people posting these images or whatever. It's the internet.

Trust me. There are people who would love to sign legislation to to have western internet more like eastern internet.

All the bills being passed around all mention safety for children. All supported by “small government” politicians.

[PACGAGA 1,275]

do yall know that it was Little Monsters that did this?? 

*let me rephrase lol, it was accounts with tons of liddo mutuals. 

[LateToCult 41,828]

Long story short: stan twitter trolls bombarded an Epilepsy foundation’s comments with a promotional gif of Miley Cyrus’s “She Is Coming” that has a strobe effect on the month that the page was being visited the most by people who suffer from Epilepsy. A man who is very sensitive to this kind of imagery reportedly had a seizure because he saw one.

Serves them right. Also I hope @heavymetalhart isn’t a Gaga troll.  

[skeletal-hooker 73]

this is so horrible and in such poor taste. I hope they get punished for this.

my 16 year old nephew died earlier this year from an epileptic seizure so this is far from funny.

[monketsharona 90,117]

When I read the title I thought Lady Gaga was under FBI investigations 

[ZiggyZiggs 30,067]

oomf getting jail time lmfaooo

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6 minutes ago, ZiggyZiggs said:

oomf getting jail time lmfaooo

Is your oomf Irritating?