{"id":18643592,"date":"2025-09-16T11:07:19","date_gmt":"2025-09-16T11:07:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/topic\/missleading-risks-of-lawsuits-says-european-council\/"},"modified":"2025-09-16T11:08:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T11:08:10","slug":"missleading-risks-of-lawsuits-says-european-council","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/topic\/missleading-risks-of-lawsuits-says-european-council\/","title":{"rendered":"Missleading &#8211; Risks of lawsuits (says European Council)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kind reminder that accessibility can&#8217;t take shortcuts. It&#8217;s like telling an online shop owner there is a widget that fixes all their UX issue. As a UX Designer, I can tell it&#8217;s impossible. As an accessibility expert, I can tell this kind of solution only bring more complexity to the disable folks&#8217; experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In January 2025, the US Federal Trade Commission ordered [similar solution name] to pay $1 million (subject to a thirty day finalisation period) due to misrepresentation that its software could make any website compliant with WCAG.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Also, WCAG isn&#8217;t necessarily what&#8217;s needed in your country. (France is RGAA, Luxembourg is RAWeb, Europe is EN 301 549)<br \/>Best is to stay informed, and don&#8217;t install a magic wand that is more of a black box.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-18643592","topic","type-topic","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic\/18643592","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/topic"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic\/18643592\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18643593,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic\/18643592\/revisions\/18643593"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18643592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}