Kilotest: Diagnoses of button name not visible violation by HTML element 211 on International Consortium of Investigative Journalists newsletter subscribe page

Basics

About the page

• URL: https://www.icij.org/newsletter/
• Tested 3 days ago on 2026-10-07 at 21:54 by job 261007T2132-muf
• Summary of results:
  • Rule engines:
    • Called: 12
    • Were able to test: 11
    • Reported any rule violations: 11
  • Violations: 1641
  • Violators: 406
  • Issues: 53
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About the issue

• Why it matters: User cannot get help explaining a button
• Priority: lowest
• Related WCAG standard: 4.1.2
• Reported by 1 rule engine (ASLint)
• Violations: 9
• Violators: 6

About the violator

• Tag name: SPAN
• Text: [not applicable]
• Start tag: <span class="close-btn">
• XPath: /html/body/header[1]/div[2]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/span[2]
• Bounding box: [not obtained]
• Reported by ASLint

Diagnoses

Here is how rule engines diagnose the button name not visible issue for HTML element 211 of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists newsletter subscribe page.

1. The button should have a description, but the content is empty.

   Rule engine: ASLint (eSSENTIAL Accessibility)

   Rule: empty_button_description