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From: Bourne, Sarah (ITD)
Date: Jun 27, 2012 8:16AM


"If websites must comply with the ADA, all hell will break loose." I am sitting here stunned after reading a post in today's arstechnica: "Will the Americans with Disabilities Act tear a hole in Internet law?" Apparently civil rights are not as important as protecting companies from having to make changes to their websites. And the misinformation! (Now rendered speechless...)

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/06/will-the-americans-with-disabilities-act-tear-a-hole-in-internet-law/

Sarah E. Bourne
Director of Assistive Technology &
Mass.Gov Chief Technology Strategist
Information Technology Division
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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