#faciliti — Public Fediverse posts

“Procès FACILI’iti versus Koena : communiqué”
https://koena.net/communique/ (in French)

#FACILiti #overlays #a11y #accessibility

This a good distillation of #accessibility #overlays:
https://chriscoyier.net/2024/07/13/its-really-this-thing-that-gets-me/

If they were actually useful, they wouldn’t need to use SLAPPs to silence detractors (#AudioEye, #Faciliti), or see their clients or themselves sued for failing to work (#accessiBe), or regularly misrepresent their relationship with standards bodies (#UserWay)

Scams upon scams.

#a11y

A couple tweets over on the hell-site this week about #overlays that came my way…

• https://twitter.com/mr_chrishinds/status/1807780708334576015
• https://twitter.com/bethannon/status/1807782839162978470

Neither disclose if the overlay is #accessiBe, #AudioEye, #Faciliti, #UserWay, or one of the others.

Oh hey, it’s #GAAD.

Be on the lookout for the (mostly corporate) performative A11yship of #GAAD which is about to fill your timelines.

A couple years ago I demonstrated #overlay companies as the worst offenders:
https://adrianroselli.com/2022/05/the-performative-a11yship-of-gaad.html

#accessiBe #AudioEye #FACILiti #LevelAccess #UserWay #accessibility #a11y

Thinking back to that time when WCAG 2.2 first went to review and French #overlay company #FACILiti, best known for its SLAPPs, asked to get a side-door added to WCAG for overlays:
https://www.w3.org/blog/2020/wcag22-wide-review/#comment-83070

#accessibility #a11y

“Socks, lies, and accessibility”
https://janmaarten.com/gaad-2023/

Where @janmaarten shows that just a couple days after #accessiBe’s CEO promised to stop being such a lying liarface it went and used sock puppet Twitter accounts to promote its #overlay.

As I keep saying, past behavior is a predictor of future behavior (side-eyes #AudioEye, #UserWay, #FACILiti).

#a11y #accessibility

Updated posts to reference the FT #overlay article, all with the same content (so pick your favorite overlay)…

• #UserWay: https://adrianroselli.com/2021/09/userway-will-get-you-sued.html#FT

• #accessiBe: https://adrianroselli.com/2020/06/accessibe-will-get-you-sued.html#Update28

• #AudioEye: https://adrianroselli.com/2023/02/audioeye-will-get-you-sued.html#comment-285754

I did not add it to #FACILiti because it is not explicitly named in the post. But they are also terrible and bullies.

Thanks to @tink for first sharing the article.

#accessibility #a11y

Sharing a LinkedIn (ugh) post because it hits at core concerns over the marketing- and revenue-driven models of the (abled) corporate efforts supplanting genuine #accessibility in favor of inadequate tools pitched using FUD, now buying veneers of credibility despite often amoral actions:

https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7159537701438865408/

By @fedbysandrine
#a11y #overlay #AudioEye #accessiBe #UserWay #FACILiti

Over in the walled-garden A11y Slack, the IAAP rep there has left this statement and said proper statements will be going out on its socials:
https://web-a11y.slack.com/archives/C0382G2EGKH/p1706288656965409

Links in post:
• “webpage” https://www.accessibilityassociation.org/s/about/governance-and-positions#focus2
• “European Disability Forum” https://www.edf-feph.org/
• “joint statement regarding overlays” https://www.edf-feph.org/publications/joint-statement-on-accessibility-overlays/

Sorry for the wall of text.

#overlay #UserWay #FACILiti #AccessiWay #accessibility #a11y #IAAP

Late to the party because I really needed to think about this.

I *believe* what is happening is IAAP is hosting a session promoting #overlays.

It has 7 dudes on a panel:

• One is from #FACILiti (filed SLAPPs against disabled critics).
• One from #UserWay (known for lifting content, failing at WCAG).
• One from #AccessiWay (was so bad I ignored it).

And then three more I’m disappointed to see aligning themselves with this.

What’s the point of IAAP again?

https://web.archive.org/web/20240126161325/https://zerocon24.zeroproject.org/sessions/c2Vzc2lvbjoxNjMzMDM%3D
[Edited URL]

The folks over at @koena have been bullied by French #overlay vendor #FACILiti (and are not the only ones). France does not have the same anti-SLAPP protections as I did in my own case.

Koena can use your help:
https://koena.net/faciliti-contre-koena-jugement-cagnotte/

If you can donate for their appeal, please do:
https://www.leetchi.com/fr/c/aider-koena-a-faire-appel-dans-son-proces-contre-faciliti-7745565

#accessibility #a11y

Remember…

• #accessiBe Will Get You Sued: https://adrianroselli.com/2020/06/accessibe-will-get-you-sued.html

• #UserWay Will Get You Sued: https://adrianroselli.com/2021/09/userway-will-get-you-sued.html

• #FACILiti Will Get You Sued: https://adrianroselli.com/2022/03/faciliti-will-get-you-sued.html

• #AudioEye Will Get You Sued: https://adrianroselli.com/2023/02/audioeye-will-get-you-sued.html

All those #overlays posts, with the exception of the AudioEye one owing to now-past legal action, get regular updates to be current.

I appreciate that IAAP and the European Disability Forum essentially said #overlays are shit back in May:
https://www.edf-feph.org/accessibility-overlays-dont-guarantee-compliance-with-european-legislation/

But IAAP allows overlays as members, so it kind of undercuts the message (and assures I will not join).

Which is why I am happy the European Commission has confirmed #overlays are shit:
https://commission.europa.eu/resources-partners/europa-web-guide/design-content-and-development/accessibility/testing-early-and-regularly/accessibility-overlays_en

#accessibility #a11y #accessiBe #accessiWay #adally #AudioEye #EqualWeb #FACILiti #MaxAccess #PolodaAI #PurpleLens #User1st #UserWay

I appreciate that IAAP and the European Disability Forum essentially said #overlays are shit back in May:
https://www.edf-feph.org/accessibility-overlays-dont-guarantee-compliance-with-european-legislation/

But IAAP allows overlays as members, so it kind of undercuts the message (and assures I will not join).

Which is why I am happy the European Commission has confirmed #overlays are shit:
https://commission.europa.eu/resources-partners/europa-web-guide/design-content-and-development/accessibility/testing-early-and-regularly/accessibility-overlays_en

#accessibility #a11y #accessiBe #accessiWay #adally #AudioEye #EqualWeb #FACILiti #MaxAccess #PolodaAI #PurpleLens #User1st #UserWay

I appreciate that IAAP and the European Disability Forum essentially said #overlays are shit back in May:
https://www.edf-feph.org/accessibility-overlays-dont-guarantee-compliance-with-european-legislation/

But IAAP allows overlays as members, so it kind of undercuts the message (and assures I will not join).

Which is why I am happy the European Commission has confirmed #overlays are shit:
https://commission.europa.eu/resources-partners/europa-web-guide/design-content-and-development/accessibility/testing-early-and-regularly/accessibility-overlays_en

#accessibility #a11y #accessiBe #accessiWay #adally #AudioEye #EqualWeb #FACILiti #MaxAccess #PolodaAI #PurpleLens #User1st #UserWay

I appreciate that IAAP and the European Disability Forum essentially said #overlays are shit back in May:
https://www.edf-feph.org/accessibility-overlays-dont-guarantee-compliance-with-european-legislation/

But IAAP allows overlays as members, so it kind of undercuts the message (and assures I will not join).

Which is why I am happy the European Commission has confirmed #overlays are shit:
https://commission.europa.eu/resources-partners/europa-web-guide/design-content-and-development/accessibility/testing-early-and-regularly/accessibility-overlays_en

#accessibility #a11y #accessiBe #accessiWay #adally #AudioEye #EqualWeb #FACILiti #MaxAccess #PolodaAI #PurpleLens #User1st #UserWay

I appreciate that IAAP and the European Disability Forum essentially said #overlays are shit back in May:
https://www.edf-feph.org/accessibility-overlays-dont-guarantee-compliance-with-european-legislation/

But IAAP allows overlays as members, so it kind of undercuts the message (and assures I will not join).

Which is why I am happy the European Commission has confirmed #overlays are shit:
https://commission.europa.eu/resources-partners/europa-web-guide/design-content-and-development/accessibility/testing-early-and-regularly/accessibility-overlays_en

#accessibility #a11y #accessiBe #accessiWay #adally #AudioEye #EqualWeb #FACILiti #MaxAccess #PolodaAI #PurpleLens #User1st #UserWay