  {"id":1245,"date":"2025-10-10T13:35:12","date_gmt":"2025-10-10T18:35:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/digital-accessibility\/?post_type=documentation_guides&#038;p=1245"},"modified":"2026-03-12T10:46:02","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T15:46:02","slug":"third-party-content","status":"publish","type":"documentation_guides","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/digital-accessibility\/documentation-guides\/third-party-content\/","title":{"rendered":"Third Party Content"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"uwm-l-row\">\n<div class=\"uwm-l-col\">\n<p>Some content posted by someone from outside 51ÁÔÆæ is not required to be accessible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-am-i-required-to-make-content-posted-by-someone-else-accessible\">Am I Required To Make Content Posted by Someone Else Accessible?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If content meets the following criteria, it is third party content and is not required to meet WCAG 2.1 AA.<\/p>\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-50\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"892\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/digital-accessibility\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/706\/2025\/09\/third-party-content-chart-1024x892.jpg\" alt=\"Flowchart for third-party content accessibility requirements. Starting with the question 'Am I required to make content posted by someone else accessible?', it flows to two connected conditions: 'If it was posted by a third party on a 51ÁÔÆæ website or mobile app' AND 'It was not posted due to contractual, licensing, or other arrangements with 51ÁÔÆæ', then leads to the conclusion 'The third party content is not required to be accessible'.\" class=\"wp-image-1329\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/digital-accessibility\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/706\/2025\/09\/third-party-content-chart-1024x892.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/digital-accessibility\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/706\/2025\/09\/third-party-content-chart-300x261.jpg 300w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/digital-accessibility\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/706\/2025\/09\/third-party-content-chart-768x669.jpg 768w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/digital-accessibility\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/706\/2025\/09\/third-party-content-chart.jpg 1322w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-controls=\"uwm-modal-d4git0\" data-modal-content-id=\"uwm-modal-d4git0\" 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<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>If It was posted by a third party on a 51ÁÔÆæ website or mobile app; <strong>and<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It was <strong>not<\/strong> posted due to contractual, licensing or other arrangements with 51ÁÔÆæ<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading size-h4  uwm-u-mb-0 uwm-u-mt-30\" id=\"h-result\">Result<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>If content meets the criteria, it is third party content and not required to be accessible.<\/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-d4git0\" class=\"hidden\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter uwm-c-img--center uwm-u-w-70\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1322\" height=\"1152\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/digital-accessibility\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/706\/2025\/09\/third-party-content-chart.jpg\" alt=\"Flowchart for third-party content accessibility requirements. Starting with the question 'Am I required to make content posted by someone else accessible?', it flows to two connected conditions: 'If it was posted by a third party on a 51ÁÔÆæ website or mobile app' AND 'It was not posted due to contractual, licensing, or other arrangements with 51ÁÔÆæ', then leads to the conclusion 'The third party content is not required to be accessible'.\" class=\"wp-image-1329\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/digital-accessibility\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/706\/2025\/09\/third-party-content-chart.jpg 1322w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/digital-accessibility\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/706\/2025\/09\/third-party-content-chart-300x261.jpg 300w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/digital-accessibility\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/706\/2025\/09\/third-party-content-chart-1024x892.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/digital-accessibility\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/706\/2025\/09\/third-party-content-chart-768x669.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1322px) 100vw, 1322px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Examples<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A comment that a member of the public posts on a page that has comments enabled <strong>is not required<\/strong> to be accessible.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Content posted on a 51ÁÔÆæ website posted by a contracted consultant <strong>must be accessible<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A social media post created by a marketing firm contracted to post content for an initiative campaign <strong>must be accessible<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A webpage created by a writer hired by a 51ÁÔÆæ department <strong>must be accessible<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-related-guidance\"><strong>Related Guidance<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/digital-accessibility\/documentation-guides\/documents\/preexisting-conventional-electronic-documents-guidance\/\">Preexisting Conventional Electronic Documents Exceptions<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washington.edu\/ada\/guidance-resources\/new-final-rule-on-web-accessibility\/rule-faqs\/social-media\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/digital-accessibility\/documentation-guides\/social-media\/\">Social Media<\/a><\/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-1656\"><nav aria-label=\"Sidebar\" class=\"uwm-p-navigation-list uwm-p-navigation-list--gold-border \"><div class=\"uwm-p-navigation-list--title\">Documentation &amp; Guides<\/div><ul>\n<li class=''><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/digital-accessibility\/documentation-guides\/getting-started\/\" class=\"\" rel=\"\" target=\"\"><span>Getting Started<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\n<li class=''><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/digital-accessibility\/documentation-guides\/frequently-asked-questions\/\" class=\"\" rel=\"\" target=\"\"><span>Frequently Asked Questions<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\n<li class=''><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/digital-accessibility\/documentation-guides\/providing-digitally-accessible-course-materials\/\" class=\"\" rel=\"\" target=\"\"><span>Course Materials<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\n<li class=''><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/digital-accessibility\/documentation-guides\/web-content\/\" class=\"\" rel=\"\" target=\"\"><span>Web Content<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\n<li class=''><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/digital-accessibility\/documentation-guides\/video-audio\/\" class=\"\" rel=\"\" target=\"\"><span>Video &amp; Audio<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\n<li class=''><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/digital-accessibility\/documentation-guides\/documents\/\" class=\"\" rel=\"\" target=\"\"><span>Documents &amp; 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