Months ago, Twitter was in an uproar over Newsweek columnist Kurt Eichenwald claiming to have had a seizure over an animated gif a troll sent him.
Eichenwald even claimed he had contacted authorities over the incident.
Fast forward to this morning when we saw this from the Dallas News:
The FBI arrested a man accused of sending Dallas reporter Kurt Eichenwald a tweet that triggered an epileptic seizure.
The name of the suspect has not yet been released, but FBI spokeswoman Lauren Hagee confirmed that an arrest in the case was made Friday morning.
Eichenwald tweeted that the man faces federal charges and is also expected to be indicted by the Dallas District Attorney on different charges in next few days.
Holy hell. This is amazing. https://t.co/ZgSGko3ACJ
— Ian McKelvey (@ian_mckelvey) March 17, 2017
FBI confirms arrest in case Eichenwald was tweeting about. https://t.co/KbvpjMMNdE
— Popehat on Tapp (@Popehat) March 17, 2017
Mark this one down in the history books. Litterally arrested for triggering a liberal. #ArrestedForTweeting @ian_mckelvey @politibunny
— #MakeDCListen™ (@RickCanton) March 17, 2017
From Eichenwald’s Twitter:
After a 3 month investigation, the FBI this morning arrested the man who assaulted me using a strobe on twitter that triggered a seizure.
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) March 17, 2017
He currently faces federal charges & is expected to also be indicted by the Dallas District Attorney on different charges in next few days.
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) March 17, 2017
Identifying information about every person who sent me strobes after finding out about the assault is currently in the hands of the FBI.
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) March 17, 2017
More than 40 ppl sent strobes once they found out they could trigger seizures. Details of their cases are with the FBI. Stop sending them.
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) March 17, 2017
I want to thank Dallas Police, Dallas DA, US Attorney in Dallas, the FBI & the Dept of Homeland Security who all played a role in this case.
— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) March 17, 2017
All of this being said, some people still have their doubts:
I will believe that the FBI arrested someone for sending Kurt Eichenwald an animated GIF when I see actual proof of it. Not a second sooner.
— neontaster (@neontaster) March 17, 2017
And what are the charges?
@ian_mckelvey @LeftDial @PolitiBunny
Not many details yet. Don't know what the actual charge is.https://t.co/ujs5tfGvAF— Political Machine (@bdragon74) March 17, 2017
Either way, POPCORN.
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