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W3CDeveloped Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) making the web usable for people with disabilities - won 3 Emmy Awards

W3C developed the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG), the global standard for web accessibility adopted by governments and organizations worldwide. WCAG ensures websites and applications are usable by people with visual, hearing, motor, and cognitive disabilities. W3C's accessibility work has won three Emmy Awards (2016, 2019, 2022) for the impact of its standards.

Scoring Impact

TopicDirectionRelevanceContribution
Accessibility+towardprimary+1.00
Open Internet & Web Freedom+towardsecondary+0.50
Overall incident score =+0.664

Score = avg(topic contributions) × significance (high ×1.5) × confidence (0.59)

Evidence (1 signal)

Confirms Policy Change May 5, 1999 verified

Developed Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) making the web usable for people with disabilities - won 3 Emmy Awards

W3C developed the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG), the global standard for web accessibility adopted by governments and organizations worldwide. WCAG ensures websites and applications are usable by people with visual, hearing, motor, and cognitive disabilities. W3C's accessibility work has won three Emmy Awards (2016, 2019, 2022) for the impact of its standards.

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