Kilotest: Diagnoses of role redundant violation by HTML element 106 on Freedom Forum page

Basics

About the page

• URL: https://www.freedomforum.org/
• Tested 3 days ago on 2026-10-07 at 21:29 by job 261007T2113-p0e
• Summary of results:
  • Rule engines:
    • Called: 12
    • Were able to test: 12
    • Reported any rule violations: 12
  • Violations: 729
  • Violators: 291
  • Issues: 64
• Download the full technical report (JSON)

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: 3

About the violator

• Tag name: NAV
• Text: The First Amendment: What You Need to Know … Shop
• Start tag: <nav class="fl-page-nav fl-nav navbar navbar-default navbar-expand-md" aria-label="Header Menu" itemscope="itemscope" itemtype="https://schema.org/SiteNavigationElement" role="navigation">
• XPath: /html/body/div[1]/header[1]/div[2]/div[1]/nav[1]
• Bounding box: x = 360, y = 191, width = 1200, height = 50
• Reported by Accessibility Checker + Pour

Diagnoses

Here is how rule engines diagnose the role redundant issue for HTML element 106 of the Freedom Forum page.

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

   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