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Mar 17, 2017 · WASHINGTON — When the journalist Kurt Eichenwald opened an animated image sent to him on Twitter in December, the message “You deserve a seizure for your posts” appeared in capital letters along...
Journalist Kurt Eichenwald suffered a severe seizure in 2016 when he opened a tweet with a strobe GIF from someone who apparently knew he had epilepsy.
Within seconds, Eichenwald, who has epilepsy, suffered a seizure. He would have died, he has said, if his wife hadn’t walked into the study and found him.
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Mar 17, 2017 · Journalist Kurt Eichenwald accused a twitter user of sending him a strobe light .gif that triggered his epilepsy and caused him to have a seizure. The FBI arrested the man who sent the .gif and confirmed that he was arrested on federal charges. Eichenwald also said he received more than 40 similar .gifs from other users and provided them to the FBI for investigation.
Eichenwald alleged he received a message via Twitter on Dec. 15, 2016 that stated “You Deserve a Seizure for Your Posts” and contained a GIF of an animated strobe image flashing rapidly.
Apr 24, 2017 · Newsweek senior writer Kurt Eichenwald filed a lawsuit on Monday against John Rivello, the man whom authorities believe sent Eichenwald a strobing tweet that caused him to have an epileptic...
Mar 22, 2017 · A man was charged in Texas on Monday with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon after sending a Twitter message containing an animated strobe image to journalist Kurt Eichenwald, who suffers...
