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Facebook adds 5 divs, 9 spans and 30 CSS classes to every post in the timeline

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550 points polskibus | 8 comments | 08 Feb 19 16:04 UTC | HN request time: 0.88s | source | bottom
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guest2457533 ◴[08 Feb 19 16:55 UTC] No.19116135[source]▶
Does this meet the required standard for accessibility users? Do they have any such obligations?
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1. ionforce ◴[08 Feb 19 16:56 UTC] No.19116146[source]▶
No one cares about accessibility when ad dollars are at stake.
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2. ceejayoz ◴[08 Feb 19 16:59 UTC] No.19116192[source]▶
They do when regulators come calling with significant penalties.
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3. ahoy ◴[08 Feb 19 17:15 UTC] No.19116380[source]▶
There are no significant penalties at this time.
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4. erichurkman ◴[08 Feb 19 17:16 UTC] No.19116387[source]▶
if(ad_dollars > fines) { do_evil(); }
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5. CharlesColeman ◴[08 Feb 19 17:27 UTC] No.19116529[source]▶
> They do when regulators come calling with significant penalties.

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

6. strictnein ◴[08 Feb 19 17:44 UTC] No.19116729{3}[source]▶
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.

7. moojd ◴[08 Feb 19 17:56 UTC] No.19116855{3}[source]▶
No, but there more and more lawsuits filed every year over website accessibility issues.

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

8. usefulcat ◴[08 Feb 19 18:09 UTC] No.19116995{3}[source]▶
s/if/while/