On Friday , the Dallas FBI confirmed to Gizmodo that it has made an taking into custody in a slip regard Newsweek journalist Kurt Eichenwald , who take a man send off him a GIF over Twitter that actuate his epilepsy , causing him to have a seizure . A Dallas FBI voice told Gizmodo that a press release with more details on the arrest is forthcoming , and refuse to comment further .
Before an prescribed announcement had been made , Eichenwald lionize the arrest on Twitter :
He presently confront federal charges & is expected to also be indicted by the Dallas District Attorney on unlike kick in next few days .
— Kurt Eichenwald ( @kurteichenwald)March 17 , 2017
More than 40 ppl sent stroboscope once they found out they could trigger gaining control . Details of their cases are with the FBI . cease post them .
Here’sa copyof the initial police write up obtained by Gizmodo Special Projects newsman J.K. Trotter via FOIA request . It state that Eichenwald “ reported that he received a tweeted substance that contained an image of a strobe light light flashing . [ Sentence redacted . ] [ Eichenwald ] had a capture as a result of this stroboscope spark flash lamp . ”
Back in December , when the capture allegedly occurred , a somebody claim to be Eichenwald ’s wife sent this tweet :
This is his wife , you induce a ictus . I have your data and have call the police to cover the rape .
— Kurt Eichenwald ( @kurteichenwald)December 16 , 2016
antecedently , Eichenwald and his lawyers move to order Twitter in court to discover the identity of the substance abuser who allegedly station the image . Later , Eichenwald retracted the guild , claiming the humanity had been identifiedthrough other , unexplained means .
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