“This lawsuit against Adrian Roselli impacts every person who cares about including disabled people in the digital world. It impacts all of us who speak, write, and advocate for digital accessibility that is fair, equitable, and ethical.”

A software vendor sued a prominent accessibility consultant for (soundly) criticizing their product. Here’s @LFLegal on why that matters: https://www.lflegal.com/2023/07/adrian-roselli-slapp-lawsuit/

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Case is Over! New Low in the Accessibility "Industry:" Overlay Company Sues Globally-Recognized Accessibility Expert

This is an article about a lawsuit filed by AudioEye, a multi-million dollar accessibility company, against Adrian Roselli, a long-time leader in the global digital accessibility community. Adrian has been a vocal critic, as have I, against one-line of code software that claims to make websites acce

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@beep @LFLegal A chilling effect, asking the courts to disallow public criticism is in fact a First Amendment issue!