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From: Bourne, Sarah (MASSIT)
Date: Jul 12, 2017 1:20PM

Jim,

While we can't control what sites like Facebook do or don't do, government entities are still responsible for how they use them. For instance, for a site that has problems that prevent certain people from using it, then you need to be sure the same information is available on an accessible platform.

In this case you would be choosing to use a specific feature that is known to not be compliant, and you would be liable. Until such time as Facebook makes this feature compliant, you shouldn't use it. Your department should use their energy to petition Facebook for this rather than pressuring you.

(Also, it sounds horrible - a video I can't turn off, or replay, or anything??)

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Sarah E. Bourne
Director of IT Accessibility, MassIT
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
1 Ashburton Pl. rm 811 Boston MA 02108
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