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by ionforce 2691 days ago
No one cares about accessibility when ad dollars are at stake.
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They do when regulators come calling with significant penalties.
> They do when regulators come calling with significant penalties.

I'm pretty sure Facebook considers pissed off regulators a regular cost of doing business.

if(ad_dollars > fines) { do_evil(); }
s/if/while/
There are no significant penalties at this time.
They're not focusing on sites like FB, because using them isn't a requirement of any meaningful task.

Lawyers are definitely going after things like companies' job sites. Applying for a job is a protected action and no discrimination is allowed, either intentional or not.

No, but there more and more lawsuits filed every year over website accessibility issues.

https://www.adatitleiii.com/2019/01/number-of-federal-websit...