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December 18, 2019 02:01 pm -05

Twitter trolls hijack Epilepsy Foundation hashtags with strobing images

In 2016, a troll deliberately tweeted a rapidly flashing GIF at writer Kurt Eichenwald, who's a known epileptic, to cause a seizure. It unfortunately worked, demonstrating how social media can be weaponized and used to cause bodily harm. Now, the Epi...

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