Epilepsy Organization Attacks Kanye West’s “All of the Lights” Video
By Petar Kujundzic / News / February 28, 2011 / 2609 Views

Kanye West received rather unusual feedback for his "All of the Lights" video. Charity organization Epilepsy Action warned viewers that the Hype Williams-directed visual could harm to people with “photosensitive epilepsy." The organization even succeeded to temporarily remove the visual from YouTube. Here's their statement.

We contacted Kanye West’s agent, YouTube and other online sources of the video to ask that they take it down. The video can no longer be viewed on YouTube and has been replaced by a message saying ‘this video is no longer available.’

We had started to receive calls from people who have had a seizure after watching the video, so we are really pleased it has been taken down. We’re not quite sure yet whether it is YouTube or Kanye West’s representatives who have made this decision, or if it is a permanent move. For now we are delighted that our fears have been listened to and people with photosensitive epilepsy are no longer at risk.

The clip is now back up at YouTube, but tagged with a warning: “This video has been identified by Epilepsy Action to potentially trigger seizures for people with photosensitive epilepsy. Viewer discretion is advised.” You can get more information on this chronic neurological disorder here.

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  • Krus23

    what they expect if it's called all of the lights... night or black color

  • murk

    Dont come to vegas

  • murk

    Dont come to vegas

  • http://twitter.com/hellmutcompton Hellmut

    hahahahahahhahaha

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  • http://twitter.com/thomasfortune Thomas Fortune

    wow epileptics are pathetic

  • Allido

    fuck epilepsy now. stupid idiots shouldn't watch it if it causes seizures..

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_CDEZ5GAJO2S43UYCMDO3VQSYZI Omar

    what a terrible thing to say

  • Anonymous

    damn...that's an unusual controversy.

  • Anonymous

    damn...that's an unusual controversy.

  • http://twitter.com/ilikegirlsdaily Lisa Carter

    Ignore him, he's just ignorant.

  • AfricanKing

    If you are an epileptic, just don't click and watch the video ... No one is forcing them tho watch it !!!

  • Anonymous

    Pretty damn obvious it should have had a warning in the first place...

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Hacomar-Diepa-Perdomo/1361624320 Hacomar Diepa Perdomo

    hahahahahaha I titled that video Épilepsie.

  • Bryan

    If I was epileptic, I would stay FAR AWAY from a video called "All of the Lights"

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1290169957 Alex Harshaw

    i thought of this the first time i watched the video

  • http://twitter.com/KoffieAdlan Adlan

    Fuck them hating on kanye's videos!
    all music videos have flashing colours and therefore can cause this. all videogames even come with that warning.
    The worst part is that the people who complain can actually manage something.
    Im happy the video is back up.

    now the monster video; maybe upload it, but give a warning that stupid wound up bitches might feel harmed by the video?

  • http://www.facebook.com/thexdamnxasian John Anthony Gutierrez

    WOW!!!! People that are epileptic shoudn't watch the video then. People need to be able to use their own discretion and intelligence to figure out what might give them a seizure. If you are epileptic and can not tell the video is going to give you a seizure within the first few seconds of the video then you are the one at fault.

  • http://twitter.com/thomasfortune Thomas Fortune

    shut up lisa carter bitch - epileptics are ignorant to other peoples willingness to watch a good video, through selfishness (them not being able to watch it without having a fit) those who do not have epilepsy have to suffer, so suck my dick

  • hurHURdurr

    i get what you're saying but don't just say epileptics are pathetic man

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  • Myemailisprivate

    I suggest you think of this disjointed video as another bad sausage from Hype Williams. And you should think of this review as a government health warning: Look at this thing at your peril.

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  • Answer Boy

    wtf? Im watching it now..

  • Answer Boy

    it has