“Socks, lies, and accessibility”
https://janmaarten.com/gaad-2023/

Where @janmaarten shows that just a couple days after #accessiBe’s CEO promised to stop being such a lying liarface it went and used sock puppet Twitter accounts to promote its #overlay.

As I keep saying, past behavior is a predictor of future behavior (side-eyes #AudioEye, #UserWay, #FACILiti).

#a11y #accessibility

Socks, lies, and accessibility

Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) is around the corner. Looking back at last year, I found some troubling things people in this field should be aware of. Because they're likely to be repeated.

^{Jan Maarten (Jan Maarten – Inclusive designer, privacy advocate, writer)}

Let’s remember #AudioEye is a bully:
https://adrianroselli.com/2022/04/my-cease-desist-from-audioeye.html

Its #overlay (still) does not work:
https://adrianroselli.com/2023/02/audioeye-will-get-you-sued.html

It SLAPPs critics (I am not the only one):
https://adrianroselli.com/2023/05/audioeye-is-suing-me.html

…and in the end harms users and #accessibility industry as a whole:
https://adrianroselli.com/2024/01/audioeye-has-dropped-its-suit-against-me.html

Throwing investor money at a clear PR ploy is not a fix (didn’t help #accessiBe). If anything, it highlights the scam.

Reputation washing works both ways. I feel bad for its new CAO who likely had good intentions.

My Cease & Desist from AudioEye

On Tuesday April 5, 2022, a FedEx driver dropped off an overnight envelope from Manhattan. It contained a three page Cease & Desist letter from Cozen O’Connor, the law firm representing AudioEye, Inc.

^{Adrian Roselli}