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From: L Snider
Date: Apr 28, 2020 3:20PM

Just adding this lawsuit...it isn't the same thing, but this airline
got fined for doing two websites, one 'accessible' and the other
wasn't (I am paraphrasing). I am not a lawyer, and this may be
different, but the concept of two different sites is the same.

https://www.transportation.gov/briefing-room/dot7418

This takes us back to the late 90s/early 2000s, when there was the
text only version and the 'regular' website...never did it,
recommended against separate but equal in terms of websites.

Cheers

Lisa

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> Reaffirming everything Peter said below about "separate but equal." It's not ethical and it doesn't work.
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> From the practical viewpoint, why in the world would you want to keep the content up to date in two websites, rather than in just one?
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> Who wants to double their workload? And quadruple their chances of failing?
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