Posted on November 29, 2025
Building and maintaining an accessible website is a legal and civil-rights requirement for public libraries. While full WCAG 2.1 Level AA compliance may be phased in over upcoming years in some jurisdictions, the accessibility obligations under ADA Title II and Section 504 are already in effect. Failing to follow recognized standards, or relying solely on […]
Posted on November 20, 2025
1. The website must work with keyboard only All content and functionality must be usable with the Tab, Arrow, and Enter keys. Every link, button, menu, form, and feature must operate without a mouse. Manual testing by an accessibility expert is required to guarantee that the website meets this critical accessibility requirement. If any part […]
Posted on August 21, 2025
In April 2025, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) took enforcement action against accessiBe Inc. and accessiBe Ltd., ordering the companies to pay one million dollars for deceptive claims that their accessibility widget could make any website fully compliant with accessibility standards. The FTC complaint (File No. 2223156) describes how accessiBe’s accessWidget failed to correct essential […]
Posted on August 14, 2025
The Illinois Department of Innovation & Technology (DoIT) recently issued guidance advising state agencies against the use of accessibility overlays and widgets on their websites. These tools, often marketed as quick fixes to make sites compliant, have been widely criticized by people with disabilities and accessibility experts for creating more barriers than they remove. DoIT’s […]
Posted on April 15, 2025
In April 2025, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced an enforcement action against the accessibility software company accessiBe, ordering it to pay one million dollars for making false and misleading claims about its automated accessibility tool, accessWidget. The ruling marks a turning point in the ongoing debate over the use of automated overlays and widgets […]
Posted on April 1, 2025
More than three decades after the Americans with Disabilities Act became law, digital inclusion is still far from achieved. The newly released 2025 WebAIM Million Report found that only 5.2 percent of the top one million websites meet basic accessibility standards. The remaining 94.8 percent fail to comply with WCAG 2.1 Level AA, the recognized […]
Posted on January 20, 2025
The National Federation of the Blind has issued a strong letter supporting the FTC’s proposed consent order regarding accessiBe’s misleading accessibility claims. The message is clear. Accessibility overlays and one line of code solutions do not provide real WCAG compliance, and exaggerated claims actively harm people with disabilities. Read full letter: https://nfb.org/programs-services/advocacy/policy-statements/comments-federal-trade-commission-regarding-accessibe For public entities […]