We’re not lawyers here, but just check this out.
On January 20, 2024: I blogged about the AccessiBE fiasco thanks to an article I spoted then.
As I predicted, Accessibility tester Adrian Roselli did write a blog post where he talks and links to various items including the aforementioned FTC article I talked about at great lengths.
What I didn’t know was that AccessiBe through its lies has made 53 million dollars but only gets a $1 million fine.
I don’t know about you, but I don’t honestly think that’s enough knowing they still have money to basicly lie and get away with it.
According to the post i’ll be linking to, we have until February 5th to submit comments, and then we’ll see what the verdict is really going to be.
Maybe this puts other companies at notice that if they don’t clean up their act and make things right they’ll be next? I don’t know.
I remember reading this and thinking how crazy this is that a company can get away with such stupidity. I guess we’ll have to see how this goes on this fine. And no matter what it is, I hope they’ll be forced to pay it.
From Mastodon
Goemon Ishikawa: Boosting Robert Kingett (WeirdWriter): FTC Catches up to #accessiBe https://adrianroselli.com/2025/01/ftc-catches-up-to-accessibe.html #Accessibility #A11y