Rapper Kanye West is being criticized by a British epilepsy awareness group that says West's "All of the Lights" video can be a health risk and may even cause seizures. Epilepsy Action sent the video to be analyzed by Cambridge Research Systems.
Their research found that the rate of the rapidly flashing lights in the clip could trigger seizures, prompting Epilepsy Action to publicly condemn the video. They used the "HardingFPA" machine in their analysis.
"This machine looks at whether video footage is likely to cause seizures," Epilepsy Action said in a statement. "We have today had confirmation that it contains material that may cause seizures in some people with photosensitive epilepsy." Representatives for Epilepsy Action say that the video has been removed from YouTube and will subsequently be banned from U.K. television.
"Ofcom regulations mean that this video should not be broadcast on UK television," Epilepsy Action warned. "However, it is available online in a number of places. We are in the process of trying to contact Kanye West’s agent, YouTube and other online sources of the video to ask that they take it down. We have also contacted MTV and other TV stations to make them aware of the issue."
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