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People with epilepsy targeted in Twitter attack | BBC News

The US charity said the perpetrators had posted flashing and strobing Gifs and videos in November.

The Epilepsy Foundation’s own Twitter handle and hashtag had been used in order to target people with epilepsy, it said.

The foundation has made a criminal complaint and requested an investigation.

Legal advocacy director Allison Nichol said: “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.

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