Online Trolls Send Epileptic Picture That Triggers Seizure

2023 Author: Abraham Higgins | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-11-27 23:16

Online trolls send epileptic picture that triggers seizure

A wide variety of factors can trigger an attack in patients with epilepsy, from alcohol intake to lack of sleep or even certain sounds. About 3% of these patients are photosensitive - this means that a seizure can occur when a person sees a blinking or flickering flash of light.

In the United States, network trolls - under this short name provocateurs are hiding, specially writing a message on the network in order to offend other people - have moved to a new level of their "art". They drove political columnist Kurt Eichenwald to an exacerbation of his illness, leaving Newsweek's news writer temporarily bedridden and unable to leave the house and drive his car. The criminals were not satisfied with the political position of Eichenwald, who criticized Donald Trump in his articles.

Kurt Eichenwald is actively using Twitter and does not hide the fact that he suffers from epilepsy. These two facts were taken advantage of by the trolls, who sent the man from the @jew_goldstein address a bright picture in which a star flashed. On the picture was the text - "You deserve a seizure for your posts" ("You deserve a seizure for your posts"). The senders of the picture got their way - they provoked an epileptic seizure in a political observer. Now the search for the owner of the account from which the image was sent is being carried out by law enforcement agencies.

A wide variety of factors can trigger an attack in patients with epilepsy, from alcohol intake to lack of sleep or even certain sounds. About 3% of these patients are photosensitive - this means that a seizure can occur when a person sees a blinking or flickering flash of light. This is exactly what happened with Kurt Eichenwald.

Source: A new troll tactic: tweeting seizure-triggering images at epileptic people

Newsweek writer Kurt Eichenwald has been on the receiving end of lots of hatred for his articles critical of Donald Trump. But after Eichenwald made a contentious appearance on Fox News last week, he says the attacks have taken a new turn - taking aim at his health.

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