Kilotest: Diagnoses of role redundant violation by HTML element 366 on Freedom of the Press Foundation contact page

Basics

About the page

• URL: https://freedom.press/contact/
• Tested 3 days ago on 2026-10-07 at 21:17 by job 261007T2113-0f8
• Summary of results:
  • Rule engines:
    • Called: 12
    • Were able to test: 12
    • Reported any rule violations: 11
  • Violations: 270
  • Violators: 149
  • Issues: 37
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About the issue

• Why it matters: Page includes unnecessary code
• Priority: lowest
• Related WCAG standard: 4.1.2
• Reported by 1 rule engine (Accessibility Checker)
• Violations: 3
• Violators: 3

About the violator

• Tag name: UL
• Text: Staff & Contributors … Store
• Start tag: <ul role="list">
• XPath: /html/body/div[1]/footer[1]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/nav[2]/ul[1]
• Bounding box: x = 1211, y = 2231, width = 212, height = 239
• Reported by Accessibility Checker

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Diagnoses

Here is how rule engines diagnose the role redundant issue for HTML element 366 of the Freedom of the Press Foundation contact page.

1. The explicitly-assigned ARIA role "list" is redundant with the implicit role of the element <ul>

   Rule engine: Accessibility Checker (IBM)

   Rule: aria_role_redundant