Social media company forced to remove two flashing vines for its #DiscoverMusic campaign after charity raises concerns
Twitter has been forced to pull two adverts using its Vine looping video platform after objections were raised by an epilepsy campaigners.
The ads consisted of six seconds of flashing video, which were āmassively dangerousā to those with photosensitive epilepsy, according to charity Epilepsy Action.
@brucedaisley Please withdraw your photosensitive epilepsy inducung Discover Music twitter advert it's horrendous
@TwitterUK Hi Twitter, not a great idea to trigger epilepsy episodes with your marketing.
@TwitterUK I'm glad I didn't have epilepsy when this ad loaded and played its self upon opening Twitter !!
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