By Jocelyn Vena
Kanye West's new video for "All of the Lights" has a British organization called Epilepsy Action in an uproar over the clip's use of flashing lights and quick editing. The charitable group, which provides support for people with epilepsy, released a statement calling for the video not to be broadcast or shown online.
"Ofcom [a U.K. communications regulator] regulations mean that this video should not be broadcast on U.K. television. However, the Kanye West video is still available online, most notably on YouTube where it has had several million hits, and no such regulations exist for online broadcasting," the organization shared in a statement on Wednesday about the Hype Williams-directed clip, which also stars Kid Cudi and a scantily clad Rihanna. "Epilepsy Action has contacted Kanye West's agent, YouTube and other online sources of the video to ask that they take it down."
On Thursday, a disclaimer was attached to the video on YouTube. The message, which appears right before the clip kicks off, reads: "Warning: This video has been identified by Epilepsy Action to potentially trigger seizures for people with photosensitive epilepsy. Viewer discretion is advised."
MTV News reached out to Epilepsy Action for a new comment about the disclaimer, but they had not responded to our e-mails by press time.
"We are deeply concerned that this video may be harmful to some people with photosensitive epilepsy," an Epilepsy Action official said in the aforementioned statement. "We are doing all we can to warn people who may be affected not to watch it. It has already received over four million hits on YouTube so we feel it is unfortunately very likely that people may have already been affected."
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