WF-2SEDDH
Web Accessibility Vendors Allegedly Falsely Claimed to Provide Compliance Using AI
AI-powered web accessibility vendors allegedly overstated to customers about their products' utility for people with disabilities, falsely claiming to deliver automated compliance solutions.
- Date it happened
- 2021-11-21
- Organisation involved
- accessiBe, Accessus.ai, Allyable, UserWay, MaxAccess.io
- Product, system or model
- Overly products purport to deliver automated compliance with ADA and WCAG standards. Early versions included small user interface controls that read the page's content aloud. Similarly-positioned prod
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