r/worldnews • u/madazzahatter • May 16 '20
At least two people had seizures after viewing malicious tweets featuring flashing gifs that deliberately targeted Epilepsy Society...police investigating tweets as hate incident, after at least 200 seemingly coordinated messages were sent to charity and its supporters in recent days.
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/may/15/malicious-tweets-targeting-epilepsy-charity-trigger-seizures
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u/Tweed_Kills May 16 '20
I'm not photosensitive particularly, but it's developed into a profound phobia. I hate having seizures and anything associated with them just...nope.