pablolarah🔵 EU Accessibility Requirements: Essential Facts for Businesses in 2026
at #levelaccess
https://www.levelaccess.com/blog/eu-accessibility-requirements-and-eaa-compliance/
Adrian Roselli, pH0From @LFLegal, a magistrate just has recommended the suit against UserWay (Level Access) from BloomsyBox move forward.
BloomsyBox sued UserWay for violation of the Delaware Consumer Fraud Act.
More info and links to recommendation:
https://www.lflegal.com/2025/02/userway-overlay-lawsuit/#article-updates
Another Web Access Overlay Company Sued by a Small Business
Another class action lawsuit has been filed by a small business that purchased an overlay monthly subscription, yet still got hit with a lawsuit claiming its website was not accessible. This suit against UserWay by a small online florist, described below, is similar in scope to the class action laws
But back to Michael's effort — it seems to validate things have not improved nearly two years after #UserWay / #LevelAccess had that hilarious failure with LLM-generated “accessible” code supposedly trained on its own stuff.
Ref: http://FuxMyCode.ai/
#UserWay Will Get You Sued
Disclaimer: This post and the headline is my opinion. I provide verifiable facts throughout to inform that opinion. I say this because French overlay vendor FACIL’iti has filed at least two frivolous lawsuits, and given overlay vendors tend to follow the same business practices, it is reasonable to assume UserWay…
From @LFLegal:
New on LFLegal: Another small business filed a federal class action lawsuit against a web #accessibility #overlay company. Why was UserWay sued? It believed the hype, licensed the software, and still got sued by a #blind person who couldn't use the site. #disability
https://www.lflegal.com/2025/02/userway-overlay-lawsuit/
From me: #LevelAccess is #UserWay now, remember that.
Another Web Access Overlay Company Sued by a Small Business
Another class action lawsuit has been filed by a small business that purchased an overlay monthly subscription, yet still got hit with a lawsuit claiming its website was not accessible. This suit against UserWay by a small online florist, described below, is similar in scope to the class action laws
Chris SmartHelp further digital #accessibility #research by completing this anonymous survey by August 29. Conducted in partnership with #LevelAccess, #IAAP, and #G3ict. Findings will be published in aggregate in our annual State of Digital Accessibility Report, a key resource for digital accessibility #education and progress benchmarking.
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
The Performative A11yship of #GAAD
For context on the title, working backward from the end, GAAD is Global Accessibility Awareness Day. Its purpose, as explained at accessibility.day, is to get everyone talking, thinking and learning about digital access/inclusion and people with different disabilities. A11yship is a play on the numeronym for accessibility (a11y) and the…
Irony.
It's unfortunate when good messages are undercut (while also validated in this case?) because the site hosting them uses an #accessibility #overlay. In this case, #UserWay by #LevelAccess.
Edited to add link to valuable article: https://www.c-q-l.org/resources/articles/many-disability-professionals-dont-understand-ableism/
Many Disability Professionals Don’t Understand Ableism - The Council on Quality and Leadership
By Carli Friedman, CQL Director of Research While ableism is really common, including among disability professionals, a lot of people are ableist without knowing it. It’s really hard to stop being ableist if you don’t understand that what you are doing or saying is ableist. In order to stop being ableist, one of the first... Read more »
I memorialized this in my post tracking #UserWay / #LevelAccess bad behavior:
https://adrianroselli.com/2021/09/userway-will-get-you-sued.html#FakeForbes
Broader reach and easier than finding this thread.
#UserWay Will Get You Sued
Disclaimer: This post and the headline is my opinion. I provide verifiable facts throughout to inform that opinion. I say this because French overlay vendor FACIL’iti has filed at least two frivolous lawsuits, and given overlay vendors tend to follow the same business practices, it is reasonable to assume UserWay…
I have updated three posts on my site with this info (mostly the same content, tweaked for each post):
• “#UserWay Will Get You Sued”
https://adrianroselli.com/2021/09/userway-will-get-you-sued.html#CGDoJ
• “ADA Web Site Compliance Still Not a Thing”
https://adrianroselli.com/2022/03/ada-web-site-compliance-still-not-a-thing.html#Update09
• “‘Accessibility at the Edge’ W3C CG Is an Overlay Smoke Screen”
https://adrianroselli.com/2022/09/accessibility-at-the-edge-w3c-cg-is-an-overlay-smoke-screen.html#Update05
Misrepresentation and misuse of the W3C brand and its employee / contractor relationships is the UserWay (now #LevelAccess) norm.
#UserWay Will Get You Sued
Disclaimer: This post and the headline is my opinion. I provide verifiable facts throughout to inform that opinion. I say this because French overlay vendor FACIL’iti has filed at least two frivolous lawsuits, and given overlay vendors tend to follow the same business practices, it is reasonable to assume UserWay…
Consider when reading obvious puff pieces like this one:
“How Level Access Acquiring UserWay Transforms The Web Accessibility Market”
https://web.archive.org/web/20240409112122/https://www.forbes.com/sites/gusalexiou/2024/04/09/how-level-access-acquiring-userway-transforms-the-web-accessibility-market/
Signs this is astroturfing:
• Claims it is ‘AI’ (it never was, & UserWay’s first LLM effort is still a gag),
• effusive positive terms to describe it and #LevelAccess,
• ignores heaps of (real) press critical of UserWay,
• no other sources,
• #UserWay has a history of doing this (see its overlay Community Group).
