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On this day in 2021, accessiBe is named in the Fischler et al v. Dorai Homes lawsuit as a direct cause of an access barrier. overlaytimeline.com#2021-05-26

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On this day in 2018, @karlgroves.bsky.social published "Automated Lies, with one line of code", a thorough accounting of why you cannot magically automate your way into compliance.

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On this day in 2023, the IAAP (finally) acted in the interests of people with disabilities by issuing a joint statement with the European Disability Forum on accessibility overlays. overlaytimeline.com#2023-05-18a

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On this day in 2023, accessiBe meme spam flooded social media during #GAAD. In an apparent astroturfing campaign, some of the accounts belong to fake businesses. This was 17 days after the CEO's apology to the NFB & claim of overhauling the marketing dept and its leadership.

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@dnikub.dev, who wrote a double Master's Thesis on the impact of web accessibility overlays on the usability and user experience for people with permanent visual impairments, has made the ~47,000 word document available for all. 🙌 (Thank you, Daniela!)

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May is always a busy month, for us and for overlay companies. Let's catch up on some early May's overlay shenanigans from the past, in chronological order...

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“The final order bars accessiBe from representing that its automated products can make any website WCAG-compliant or can ensure continued compliance with WCAG over time, unless it has the evidence to support such claims.” www.ftc.gov/news-events/...

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On this day in 2022, #AudioEye delivers a cease & desist order to @aardrian.bsky.social over some "defamatory tweets", which set off a chain of events that would lead to a failed SLAPP lawsuit and a lot of tangible harms to the field of accessibility.

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“I view accessibility overlays like Ivermectin: they are entirely a grift that enables people to continue to make bad decisions.“ 🔥

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On this day in 2024, #AudioEye attempts to use an anti-defamation lawsuit to silence a whistleblower. The employee in turn sued them 8 weeks later, alleging that the CEO was running a stock manipulation scheme. Womp womp. trellis.law/doc/20844571...

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On this day in 2024, @karlgroves.bsky.social presents his talk All Sizzle, No Steak at the Frontrunners conference.

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On this day in 2024, an article about #UserWay and #LevelAccess is published on Forbes through a contributor content program. It is almost certainly an #astroturfing effort to counter criticism of the recent marriage of the two companies. www.forbes.com/sites/gusale...

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On this day in 2024, the Financial Times weighed in on #overlays such as #accessiBe and #AudioEye www.ft.com/content/3c87...

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On this day in 2024, Level Access completed its acquisition of #UserWay. As @erikkroes.bsky.social puts it: "A company that offers solutions, bought a company that sells issues."

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On this day in 2022, the US Department of Justice published new guidance on web accessibility, cautions that overlays don't guarantee accessibility, but offers nothing substantive to enforce this or protect vulnerable businesses. The page has since been deleted by the current administration.

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On this day in 2021, VICE News published something pretty good.

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On this day in 2019, hundreds of websites learned the hard way that overlays are, by their very nature, another attack surface and potential vulnerability. The Nagich overlay was created by the same folks behind Allyable and EqualWeb.

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On this day in 2021, The A11y Project published a fantastic primer on the subject of accessibility overlays. "We view these kinds of products as actively harmful, and a step backwards for digital accessibility efforts."

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On this day in 2023, AudioEye plumbed the depths of the Streisand effect by serving Adrian Roselli with a SLAPP lawsuit. While it was ultimately unsuccessful, it the ordeal caused great harm to the accessibility field as a whole.

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On this day in 2022, the CSUN Assistive Technology Conference briefly implemented an overlay during its event registration. After an outcry, it is removed. CSUN made it clear that this was a mistake, and that they do not endorse the overlay.

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On this day in 2021, Karl Groves launches OverlayFactSheet.com to better inform accessibility practitioners and potential clients of overlay vendors about the nature of this type of product and the falsehoods surrounding them. It has since amassed nearly 1,000 signatures. 🎉

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On this day in 2022, the IAAP released "State of Overlays & My Work with IAAP on Grievance Process and Policy Infrastructure"

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It wasn’t just a legal threat, these bullies used a SLAPP to sue me for the post. They tried to bankrupt and silence me. bsky.app/profile/over... #a11y #accessibility #overlays #AudioEye

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On this day in 2023, @aardrian.bsky.social published a revision of a 2022 article which had resulted in legal threats from AudioEye. Adrian provided video demonstrations and examples of verifiably false claims the overlay company was making. adrianroselli.com/2023/02/audi...

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The sheer volume of headlines, lawsuits, and commentary surrounding accessibility overlays can be overwhelming to fully grasp. We made a timeline to help anyone understand and share this rich and cursed saga in digital accessibility. overlaytimeline.com

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