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From: Steve Green
Date: Aug 30, 2019 5:47PM

Is it possible that some automated accessibility testing tools might report a false positive? They shouldn't, but it's the sort of thing they tend to get wrong because no one thought about it.

In the past we just ignored false positives like this, but since the number of ADA cases skyrocketed we have been advising clients to fix any code that results in false positives even if it's the tool that's wrong and not their code. We know the ADA trolls use automated tools to find their victims, so eliminating false positives reduces your chance of being a target.

Steve Green
Managing Director
Test Partners Ltd