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<b>Cc:</b> Vicki Walton <vwalton@sbctc.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [CATO] accessiBe to pay $1 million to settle allegations</font>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Hello fellow CATO members,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">I think we all knew this was coming for accessiBe.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><a href="https://campaigns-events.pdx-1.sendpdr.com/linktrack/v2_y10ynnw6dx/f5dq5hmfjqk99earqjbs5air1/v2_m0q9wn9d3x" target="_blank">By Federal Trade Commission</a></span></b><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">The Federal Trade Commission will require software provider accessiBe to pay $1 million to settle allegations that it misrepresented the ability of its
<b>AI-powered web accessibility tool</b> to make any <b>website compliant</b> with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG)
<b>for people with disabilities</b>. The company also failed to disclose material connections to online reviewers.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"> </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><img width="60" height="113" src="cid:image004.png@01DB60E2.123F8630" align="left" hspace="12" alt="Title: SBCTC logo - Description: Compass " style="width:.625in; height:1.177in"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt; font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif; color:#003764">Vicki
Walton</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:10.55pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif; color:#003764">Pronouns: they/them</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif; color:#003764">Web Accessibility Specialist/IT Quality Assurance Tester</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif; color:#003764">Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges</span><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif; color:#003764"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif; color:#003764">vwalton@sbctc.edu</span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif; color:#003764">• office: 360-704-4343•
</span><span lang="ES-MX" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif; color:#003764">website:
<u><a href="https://www.sbctc.edu/default.aspx"><span style="color:#0563C1">www.sbctc.edu</span></a></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.9pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Georgia",serif">Accessibility is a fundamental right</span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><img border="0" width="600" height="5" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image003.gif@01DB60E2.0F15BD80" style="width:6.25in; height:.052in"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Accessibility is not a checkbox. Accessibility is a mindset that can lead to a very powerful sense of inclusion.</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">~ Maayan Ziv founder and CEO AccessNow</span></p>
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