People sending flashing images to trigger seizures in epilepsy patients can now be jailed.
By PA MediaA 12-year-old boy with epilepsy has welcomed an anti-trolling law passed after bullies targeted his condition.
He raised £20,000 for the Epilepsy Society but during the challenge Zach and the charity's social media pages were flooded with flashing images and GIFs designed to cause seizures.Claire Keer and her son Zach have been campaigning since trolls tried to jeopardise his lockdown charity challengefrom the Law Commission, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport and the Epilepsy Society, saying the online abuse was "absolutely revolting" and had caused emotional distress.
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