FCC extends waiver for video game accessibility for the last time

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The idea behind 2010's 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act (
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) is to make sure that federal accessibility laws created in the '80s and '90s were updated to include new digital and communications technologies. The
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pertaining to video games and advanced communications services (think gaming chat and the user interfaces around gamer communications) has been given a year's waiver. As reported by
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, this is the third and final time games will be exempted from accessibility requirements. The new deadline is set for January 1st, 2019.

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