Kilotest: Diagnoses of role redundant violation by HTML element 385 on Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) mission page

Basics

About the page

• URL: https://www.thefire.org/about-us/mission/
• Tested 3 days ago on 2026-10-07 at 21:26 by job 261007T2113-abq
• Summary of results:
  • Rule engines:
    • Called: 12
    • Were able to test: 12
    • Reported any rule violations: 12
  • Violations: 394
  • Violators: 192
  • Issues: 44
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About the issue

• Why it matters: Page includes unnecessary code
• Priority: lowest
• Related WCAG standard: 4.1.2
• Reported by 2 rule engines (Accessibility Checker + Pour)
• Violations: 4
• Violators: 2

About the violator

• Tag name: A
• Text: © 2026 Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression … Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, FIRE, the flame logo, and Free Speech Makes Free People are registered trademarks of the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression. All rights reserved.
• Start tag: <a class="logo" href="/" aria-label="" role="link">
• XPath: /html/body/div[1]/div[1]/footer[1]/div[1]/div[1]/a[1]
• Bounding box: x = 80, y = 2691, width = 266, height = 128
• Reported by Accessibility Checker + Pour

Diagnoses

Here is how rule engines diagnose the role redundant issue for HTML element 385 of the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) mission page.

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

   Rule engine: Accessibility Checker (IBM)

   Rule: aria_role_redundant

2. role attributes should not repeat the element’s built-in role

   Rule engine: Pour (David Yarham and Geoffrey Crofte)

   Rule: redundant-role