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PopFiltr is working to make its journalism, press releases, media, and reader services usable by people with a wide range of abilities, devices, and assistive technologies.
Our current accessibility target is the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 Level AA. This is a product and editorial target, not a claim that every page or third-party component has been independently certified or is free of barriers.
Scope
This statement applies to public pages and services on www.popfiltr.com, including editorial articles, press releases, artist and author profiles, search, navigation, policy pages, and localized editions. Third-party destinations and embedded services have their own accessibility responsibilities, but we still consider how their use affects the PopFiltr experience.
Measures We Take
- Use semantic headings, landmarks, labels, link text, and document structure where the publishing system permits
- Support keyboard navigation, visible focus, text resizing, responsive layouts, and reduced-motion preferences
- Maintain readable contrast and avoid relying on color alone to communicate essential meaning
- Provide text alternatives for meaningful images and accessible names for interactive controls
- Preserve accessibility information when pages are optimized, cached, or translated
- Include accessibility checks in testing for worker-owned pages and significant interface changes
Content and Media
Editors should provide useful alternative text for editorial images when the image conveys information not already present in the surrounding text. Decorative images should not create unnecessary announcements. Captions, transcripts, or equivalent context should be provided for original time-based media when practical and materially useful.
Press releases and supplied assets may arrive with incomplete captions, transcripts, or accessibility metadata. Hosting supplied material does not remove our responsibility to improve the experience where we can, but remediation can require information or replacement files from the source.
Known Limitations
Some legacy Webflow templates, archived pages, third-party embeds, advertising components, audio or video players, documents, and source-supplied media may not yet meet our target. Automated translation can also change text length or reading order in ways that require correction. We prioritize barriers that block navigation, reading, playback controls, forms, or access to core information.
A known limitation is not treated as permanent acceptance. Where a direct fix is not immediately available, we will consider an accessible alternative or a different way to provide the requested information.
Testing and Review
Accessibility review can include keyboard-only use, screen-reader spot checks, zoom and reflow checks, automated rules, contrast inspection, reduced-motion testing, and testing across representative mobile and desktop viewports. Automated tools are useful for finding patterns but do not establish conformance by themselves.
Report an Accessibility Issue
Email hello@popfiltr.com with Accessibility issue in the subject line. Include the exact URL, the task you were trying to complete, the barrier you encountered, your device and browser, and any assistive technology involved. Do not include passwords, authentication codes, or unnecessary sensitive information.
If email is itself a barrier, a representative may contact us on your behalf. You may request the information on a page in a reasonable alternative format.
Response and Remediation
Reports are triaged by impact, reach, and whether the issue prevents access to essential content or a core task. Resolution time varies with technical complexity and third-party dependencies, so we do not publish a fixed remediation deadline. We may ask for additional detail, provide a temporary alternative, or confirm when a change is available for retesting.
For general technical reports, use our technical and accessibility channel. For editorial errors discovered through an inaccessible presentation, see our Corrections & Clarifications Policy.