Editing Epilepsy Action (section)

== Campaigns ==
The charity has received international media coverage on a number of occasions due to its work in highlighting bad practice in online videos in relation to [[photosensitive epilepsy]].

* In 2007, it claimed that 30 people had [[seizures]] as a result of a segment of animated footage commissioned by the organising committee of the [[London]] [[2012 Summer Olympics]] to promote its logo.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1554361/Olympics-inquiry-into-logo-launch-seizures.html|title=Olympics inquiry into logo-launch seizures|last=Bond|first=David|date=13 June 2007|language=en-GB|issn=0307-1235}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=London 2012 Olympics withdraw film after seizures |url=http://www.epilepsy.org.uk/news/archive/20070605.html |access-date=24 March 2023 |publisher=Epilepsy Action |date=6 June 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071123111401/http://www.epilepsy.org.uk/news/archive/20070605.html |archive-date=23 November 2007}}</ref>
* In 2011, Epilepsy Action highlighted issues with the video for the [[Kanye West]] song "[[All of the Lights]]". Tests of the video showed that it failed the flashing images guidelines set down by UK broadcasting watchdog [[Ofcom]] and so was likely to trigger a seizure in someone with photosensitive epilepsy.  A warning was placed on [[YouTube]] for people watching the video on its website.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1658702/kanye-west-all-of-the-lights-music-video/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140505200135/http://www.mtv.com/news/1658702/kanye-west-all-of-the-lights-music-video/|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 May 2014|title='Kanye West's 'All Of The Lights' Video Gets Epilepsy Warning'|publisher=[[MTV News]]|date=25 February 2011}}</ref>
* In 2015, it highlighted the presence of advertisements with flashing content that were posted on [[Vine (service)|Vine]] by [[Twitter]]. The [[Advertising Standards Authority (United Kingdom)|Advertising Standards Authority]] confirmed that Twitter were in breach of its guidelines.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-33477567|title='Epilepsy charity criticises Twitter for flashing ads'|publisher=[[BBC News]]|date=10 July 2015}}</ref>