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Could any of this (As this site is US based) result in an ADA complaint of some kind?
Comment by vicious_cos at 21/06/2023 at 11:39 UTC
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Online spaces are still not covered well under ADA so submitting a federal complaint against a non-gov funded entity is hard.
HOWEVER there are cases that have opened private businesses can be held accountable if their digital product is not accessible. The Domino's case[1] set the path that an individual/individuals could sue over accessibility blockers.
1: https://www.cnbc.com/2019/10/07/dominos-supreme-court.html
However it's a shakey road given Winn-Dixie was able to fight off theirs[2]. And both of these were a FIGHT. Dominos kept going up to the supreme court.
Yes, it can be done against Reddit. But that person is going to need good time and money for that- a common issue to fight on behalf of accessibility for anything in the US. (And it doesn't help that republicans also love to try and restrict the ADA too)
~ Digital Accessibility engineer 8 years
Comment by DJ-OuTbREaK at 20/06/2023 at 04:24 UTC
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I am not blind and not a lawyer so take my words with a grain of salt BUT the impression I've gotten is that it's very unclear whether the ADA applies to Reddit - the only commonly held belief in legal circles regarding website applicability is that websites for physical businesses have to be ADA compliant, which means that Reddit needing to comply isn't clear and any suit would sever any connection that could be used to build actual accessibility tools, so a suit feels near-impossible unfortunately.
Comment by jimr1603 at 23/06/2023 at 08:54 UTC
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(non blind visitor but still someone who uses 3rd party for accessibility)
They do business in the UK so someone should be willing to take a case under the Equality Act 2010.