Rishi Sunak alt text tweet criticised for misusing accessibility feature

Rishi Sunak is in Japan at the G7 summit - but a tweet from his official account has caused a social media storm closer to homePrime Minister Rishi Sunak has been criticised for misusing alt text on social media - weeks after big brands were called out for doing it.

His official Twitter account posted a four-picture photo grid showing cabinet members having a meeting. The alt text fields - which are supposed to describe what's in the images for blind users - simply read: "We're growing the economy".Just two weeks ago, companies like McDonald's were criticised for posting theThe accessibility feature works with screen readers and is supposed to describe image elements like what people are wearing, their surroundings, and any text that appears.

When photos in the tweet from Rishi Sunak's account are clicked, each expands to reveal a list of things the government says it has done. But because this information is not included in the alt text, anyone using a screen reader will not know what it says.This Twitter post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser.

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