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| Twitter bans animated PNG files to protect users |
After attacking the Epilepsy Foundation's Twitter account, Twitter has blocked animation PNG files from its platform to protect the health of patients with epilepsy, seizures, and related movies, and if sent in this way, exposure may result in light. People who are prone to seizures.
A social media platform found an error that could cause users to override protection settings for autoplay. In addition, multiple animations in APNG file format can be included in a tweet.
Twitter said in a tweet: We want everyone to have a safe experience on the platform. Although APNG is fun, the Autoplay setting is ignored. So we removed the option to add to tweets. This protects the safety of people who are sensitive to movement and throbbing images. Including those with epilepsy.
After clarification, the system will not delete tweets in APNG images, but it will no longer allow portable PNG files. Users can still add gifs to their tweets, but they must use animated gifs.
Twitter also clarified that no APNG files were used directly against the epilepsy institution, but the error meant that these files could be used in the future, and that the platform wanted to prevent people from doing so.
The attack on the Twitter account took place over a month last month for the Twitter account of the Epilepsy Foundation, and trolls used the company name and account name to post dynamic images with powerful effects. Lighting.
It is not known how many were affected by the attack, but the group said it had worked with law enforcement officials and had filed criminal charges against some of the suspected parties.
A 2016 jury in Texas found that the movie could be seen as a lethal weapon when a man sends a grainy image to GIFs for epilepsy journalist Kurt Eichenwald because Kurt Eisenwald's image is causing a crisis.
Twitter said: We're working hard to add alternative texts to GIF to make it easier for people who rely on screen readers to access the Internet. The system also checks to design similar functions for users and users trying to use the APNG alternative on Twitter, while APNG uses a lot of data and in some cases the app crashes.