  {"id":1244,"date":"2025-10-10T13:35:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-10T18:35:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/digital-accessibility\/?post_type=documentation_guides&#038;p=1244"},"modified":"2025-10-10T13:43:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T18:43:12","slug":"accessibility-for-social-media-posts","status":"publish","type":"documentation_guides","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/digital-accessibility\/documentation-guides\/social-media\/accessibility-for-social-media-posts\/","title":{"rendered":"Accessibility for Social Media Posts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"uwm-l-row\">\n<div class=\"uwm-l-col\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-am-i-required-to-make-my-social-media-posts-accessible\">Am I Required To Make My Social Media Posts Accessible?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-p-card uwm-p-card--gold uwm-u-mb-40 uwm-p-card--shadow\"><div class=\"uwm-p-card--body\"><div class=\"uwm-p-card--content\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter uwm-c-img--center uwm-u-w-20\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"505\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/digital-accessibility\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/706\/2025\/09\/social-media-chart-505x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Flowchart for social media accessibility requirements. Starting with the question 'Am I required to make my social media posts accessible?', it flows to a decision point: 'If it was posted on social media before April 24, 2026', then leads to the conclusion 'Your content is not required to be accessible'.\" class=\"wp-image-1322\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/digital-accessibility\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/706\/2025\/09\/social-media-chart-505x1024.jpg 505w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/digital-accessibility\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/706\/2025\/09\/social-media-chart-148x300.jpg 148w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/digital-accessibility\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/706\/2025\/09\/social-media-chart.jpg 544w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 505px) 100vw, 505px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-controls=\"uwm-modal-tgqjrl\" data-modal-content-id=\"uwm-modal-tgqjrl\" data-modal-prefix-class=\"uwm-p\" data-modal-close-text=\"Close\" data-modal-close-title=\"Close\" class=\"uwm-p-modal--launch\">Open larger image<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading size-h4  uwm-u-mb-0 uwm-u-mt-30\" id=\"h-criteria\">Criteria<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>If a post was created on social media before April 24, 2026, it is not required to comply with WCAG 2.1 AA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>Note:<\/strong> You may still have to provide web content in an accessible format if an individual requests it. See the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.federalregister.gov\/d\/2024-07758\/p-34\">DOJ rule on digital accessibility, paragraph 34<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"uwm-modal-tgqjrl\" class=\"hidden\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter uwm-c-img--center uwm-u-w-30\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"544\" height=\"1104\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/digital-accessibility\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/706\/2025\/09\/social-media-chart.jpg\" alt=\"Flowchart for social media accessibility requirements. Starting with the question 'Am I required to make my social media posts accessible?', it flows to a decision point: 'If it was posted on social media before April 24, 2026', then leads to the conclusion 'Your content is not required to be accessible'.\" class=\"wp-image-1322\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/digital-accessibility\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/706\/2025\/09\/social-media-chart.jpg 544w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/digital-accessibility\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/706\/2025\/09\/social-media-chart-148x300.jpg 148w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/digital-accessibility\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/706\/2025\/09\/social-media-chart-505x1024.jpg 505w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 544px) 100vw, 544px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Example<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A 2022 social media post by 51ÁÔÆæ on Instagram <strong>is not required<\/strong> to be accessible<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-related-guidance\">Related Guidance<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/digital-accessibility\/documentation-guides\/social-media\/\">Social Media<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/digital-accessibility\/documentation-guides\/audio-and-video-captioning-transcripts-and-audio-descriptions\/\">Audio and Video Captioning, Transcripts and Audio Descriptions<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/digital-accessibility\/documentation-guides\/videos\/\">Videos<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>For more detailed information, see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.federalregister.gov\/documents\/2024\/04\/24\/2024-07758\/nondiscrimination-on-the-basis-of-disability-accessibility-of-web-information-and-services-of-state#h-76\">DOJ Rule on digital accessibility, Section 35.201 Exceptions<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-l-col uwm-l-col--4 uwm-l-offset--1\"><div class=\"content_block\" id=\"custom_post_widget-1095\"><nav aria-label=\"Sidebar\" class=\"uwm-p-navigation-list uwm-p-navigation-list--gold-border \"><div class=\"uwm-p-navigation-list--title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/digital-accessibility\/documentation-guides\/social-media\/\">Social Media<\/a><\/div><ul><li><a class=\"current\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/digital-accessibility\/documentation-guides\/social-media\/accessibility-for-social-media-posts\/\"><span aria-current=\"page\">Accessibility for Social Media Posts<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":585,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"footnotes":"","uwm_wg_additional_authors":[]},"tags":[],"documentation_guides_category":[],"class_list":["post-1244","documentation_guides","type-documentation_guides","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - 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