Kilotest: Violations of tab-opening link action unstated issue for International Consortium of Investigative Journalists newsletter subscribe page

Basics

About the page

• URL: https://www.icij.org/newsletter/
• Tested 2 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
• Download the full technical report (JSON)

About the issue

• Why it matters: Following a link opens a new window, surprising a user
• Priority: high
• Related WCAG standard: 3.2.5
• Reported by 1 rule engine (Editoria11y)
• Violations: 8
• Violators: 8

Violators

Here are the HTML elements reported to violate rules belonging to the tab-opening link action unstated issue.

• Element 494

  • Tag name: A
  • Text: [not applicable]
  • Start tag: <a class="d-inline-block m-2" target="_blank" href="https://www.x.com/icijorg">
  • XPath: /html/body/div[1]/main[1]/div[2]/div[1]/div[2]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/a[1]
  • Bounding box: x = 1219, y = 338, width = 20, height = 24
  • Reported by Editoria11y
  • What diagnoses were reported?

• Element 497

  • Tag name: A
  • Text: [not applicable]
  • Start tag: <a class="d-inline-block m-2" target="_blank" href="https://www.instagram.com/icijorg">
  • XPath: /html/body/div[1]/main[1]/div[2]/div[1]/div[2]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/a[2]
  • Bounding box: x = 1260, y = 338, width = 20, height = 24
  • Reported by Editoria11y
  • What diagnoses were reported?

• Element 500

  • Tag name: A
  • Text: [not applicable]
  • Start tag: <a class="d-inline-block m-2" target="_blank" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/ICIJ/">
  • XPath: /html/body/div[1]/main[1]/div[2]/div[1]/div[2]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/a[3]
  • Bounding box: x = 1300, y = 338, width = 20, height = 24
  • Reported by Editoria11y
  • What diagnoses were reported?

• Element 504

  • Tag name: A
  • Text: [not applicable]
  • Start tag: <a class="d-inline-block m-2" target="_blank" href="https://www.facebook.com/icijorg">
  • XPath: /html/body/div[1]/main[1]/div[2]/div[1]/div[2]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/a[4]
  • Bounding box: x = 1340, y = 338, width = 20, height = 24
  • Reported by Editoria11y
  • What diagnoses were reported?

• Element 507

  • Tag name: A
  • Text: [not applicable]
  • Start tag: <a class="d-inline-block m-2" target="_blank" href="https://www.whatsapp.com/channel/0029ValJAn32v1ItC3oOfv1F">
  • XPath: /html/body/div[1]/main[1]/div[2]/div[1]/div[2]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/a[5]
  • Bounding box: x = 1380, y = 338, width = 20, height = 24
  • Reported by Editoria11y
  • What diagnoses were reported?

• Element 510

  • Tag name: A
  • Text: [not applicable]
  • Start tag: <a class="d-inline-block m-2" target="_blank" href="https://bsky.app/profile/icij.org">
  • XPath: /html/body/div[1]/main[1]/div[2]/div[1]/div[2]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/a[6]
  • Bounding box: x = 1420, y = 338, width = 20, height = 24
  • Reported by Editoria11y
  • What diagnoses were reported?

• Element 513

  • Tag name: A
  • Text: [not applicable]
  • Start tag: <a class="d-inline-block m-2" target="_blank" href="https://www.threads.net/@icijorg">
  • XPath: /html/body/div[1]/main[1]/div[2]/div[1]/div[2]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/a[7]
  • Bounding box: x = 1460, y = 338, width = 20, height = 24
  • Reported by Editoria11y
  • What diagnoses were reported?

• Element 516

  • Tag name: A
  • Text: [not applicable]
  • Start tag: <a class="d-inline-block m-2 network-linkedin" target="_blank" href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/international-consortium-of-investigative-journalists/">
  • XPath: /html/body/div[1]/main[1]/div[2]/div[1]/div[2]/div[1]/div[1]/div[1]/a[8]
  • Bounding box: x = 1501, y = 338, width = 20, height = 24
  • Reported by Editoria11y
  • What diagnoses were reported?