On Monday, a Texas grand jury charged a Maryland man with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon after authorities say he tweeted an animated flashing GIF designed to trigger Newsweek journalist Kurt Eichenwalds epilepsy last year, immediately causing him to have a seizure.
After sending Eichenwald the GIF in December, Rivello allegedly messaged another Twitter user saying I hope this sends him into a seizure and lets see if he dies. Another message sent by Rivello allegedly said I know he has epilepsy and authorities say a search of his iCloud account found a photoshopped version of Eichenwalds Wikipedia page with his date of death edited to be December 16, about when the GIF was sent.
This guy is a real piece of shit
http://gizmodo.com/a-grand-jury-just-called-tweeting-an-animated-gif-assau-1793477149