AI enforcement · Federal Trade Commission

accessiBe settles FTC charges

accessiBe · settled · what the party said about AI. The newest step in this record is dated 22 Apr 2025.

The agency’s words

quoted from the release

Party: New York-based accessiBe Inc. and accessiBe Ltd. (accessiBe) — FTC Order Requires Online Marketer to Pay $1 Million for Deceptive Claims that its AI Product Could Make Websites Compliant with Accessibility Guidelines
AI: it misrepresented the ability of its AI-powered web accessibility tool to make any website compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) for people with disabilities — FTC Order Requires Online Marketer to Pay $1 Million for Deceptive Claims that its AI Product Could Make Websites Compliant with Accessibility Guidelines
Alleged: The FTC says: it misrepresented the ability of its AI-powered web accessibility tool to make any website compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) for people with disabilities — FTC Order Requires Online Marketer to Pay $1 Million for Deceptive Claims that its AI Product Could Make Websites Compliant with Accessibility Guidelines
Docket: The release names no docket number.

Every step

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3 Jan 2025 accessiBe agrees to settle FTC charges · settlement proposed The Federal Trade Commission will require software provider accessiBe to pay $1 million to settle allegations — FTC Order Requires Online Marketer to Pay $1 Million for Deceptive Claims that its AI Product Could Make Websites Compliant with Accessibility Guidelines; date from the release’s date line, “January 3, 2025 Tags:”
22 Apr 2025 accessiBe settles FTC charges · settled The Federal Trade Commission has approved a final consent order against accessiBe Inc. and accessiBe Ltd. (accessiBe). — FTC Approves Final Order Requiring accessiBe to pay $1 Million; date from the release’s date line, “April 22, 2025 Tags:”

Cite this action

jesseahawkins.com, “accessiBe: FTC action that names AI”, AI enforcement record, release read 3 Nov 2026. https://jesseahawkins.com/rules/enforcement/ftc-accessibe/

Sources

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Federal Trade Commission: FTC Order Requires Online Marketer to Pay $1 Million for Deceptive Claims that its AI Product Could Make Websites Compliant with Accessibility Guidelines (press release, HTML), read 3 Nov 2026; the copy kept 3 Nov 2026 has sha256 c089bafadcf2.
Federal Trade Commission: FTC Approves Final Order Requiring accessiBe to pay $1 Million (press release, HTML), read 3 Nov 2026; the copy kept 3 Nov 2026 has sha256 816bef6ce949.