Kilotest: Diagnoses of link indication poor violation by HTML element 542 on Freedom House page

Here is how tools diagnose the link indication poor issue for HTML element 542 of the Freedom House page.

Basics

• About the link indication poor issue
  • Why it matters: User cannot differentiate a link from plain text
  • Priority: low
  • Related WCAG standard: 1.3.3
• About the Freedom House page
  • URL: https://freedomhouse.org/
  • Tested on 2026-04-02 at 14:24
• About HTML element 542
  • Take me there
  • Tag name: A
  • Text: Chinese whistleblower reveals how China spies on citizens at home – and in the US … opens in new tab
  • Start tag: <a href="https://edition.cnn.com/2026/02/27/us/china-nyc-whistleblower-ufwd-intl-hnk-dst" target="_blank">
  • XPath: /html/body/div[2]/div[1]/div[2]/div[1]/div[4]/div[6]/div[2]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/a[1]
  • Bounding box: x = 420, y = 3805, width = 340, height = 132

Diagnoses

1. Element is not a list item but is not underlined

   Tool: Testaro (CVS Health)

   Rule: linkUl