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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 [deleted] at 20/06/2023 at 04:36 UTC
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Comment by Nighthawk321 at 21/06/2023 at 01:11 UTC
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This is why the ADA needs to be updated or there needs to be new legislation to clarify this question courts keep fighting over. Other countries have legislation for this.
Comment by xAKAxSomeDude at 20/06/2023 at 04:50 UTC
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Your comment made me go and look it up, apparently the two applicable cases are: Carparts Distribution Center, Inc. v. Auto. Wholesaler's Ass'n of New England, Inc. and Earll v. eBay, Inc.
It looks like the Third, Fifth, Sixth, and Ninth Circuits have agreed that a physical space is required for title iii with thte case of Earll v. eBay, Inc.
And it looks like the First circuit decided that a physical location is not required for title iii.
The 11th circuit had ruled in favor of websites being immune from title iii, but the decision was vacated.
just figured I'd supply the info.