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		haileys on Dec 3, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How Facebook Avoids Ad Blockers How does this impact assistive technologies? Are Facebook users using screen readers left unaware of what's an ad and what's not?

digitalengineer on Dec 3, 2019 | [–]

Interesting question! FaceBook Alt Text feature is an after thought at best, so I imagine they never thought about it.

jmkni on Dec 3, 2019 | [–]

Maybe they detect screen readers via the user agent or something and serve up a more accessible version?

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