Web accessibility soon mandatory in Europe?

June 18, 2006 | Source: CNET news.com

The 25 European Commission member states and nine accession countries have all signed up for an “Internet for all” action plan, designed to ensure that the most Web-disadvantaged groups can get online.

The EC has pledged to increase broadband coverage across the continent to 90 percent by 2010 and to halve exclusion rates in skills and digital literacy by 2010.