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		kevin_b_er on Feb 8, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Facebook adds 5 divs, 9 spans and 30 CSS classes t... Wonder if this breaks screen readers and if someone could go after facebook for accessibility violations in the EU where public protections are strong.

Someone1234 on Feb 8, 2019 [–]

I just tested it, it does not.

Most of the nonsense is "Display: None" so screen readers ignore it entirely. These elements seem to exist to stop simplistic HTML element matching, screen readers obey CSS.

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