Disability rights groups on Feb. 5 got halfway to a big win on Internet access for the hearing-impaired.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled that neither the First Amendment nor the commerce clause would likely shield CNN’s refusal to provide closed captioning for video clips posted on its website. But the court punted to the California Supreme Court on whether a virtual location on the Internet can be a “place of accommodation” under the state’s disability rights law.
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