cbsnews.com
Last scanned Jun 22, 2026
cbsnews.com scored 71 out of 100 in its WCAG 2.2 accessibility audit conducted on June 22, 2026, meeting some requirements but with room for improvement. The audit uncovered 8 distinct accessibility violations totalling 123 instances, including 111 critical, 5 serious, 7 moderate issues. The most pressing issues include images missing alternative text (WCAG 1.1.1), 84 instances; invalid ARIA attribute names (WCAG 4.1.2), 16 instances; and viewport zoom disabled (WCAG 1.4.4), 10 instances. The assessment covered 10 pages across 87 unique page templates. No consent management platform was detected. With 87 third-party requests from 7 vendors, the site may not meet GDPR and ePrivacy consent requirements.
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Key Accessibility Issues
123 violations found across 8 rules — 111 critical, 5 serious, 7 moderate, 0 minor
Ensures <img> elements have alternate text or a role of none or presentation
WCAG 1.1.1 · 84 instances found · How to fix →
Ensures attributes that begin with aria- are valid ARIA attributes
WCAG 4.1.2 · 16 instances found · How to fix →
Ensures <meta name="viewport"> does not disable text scaling and zooming
WCAG 1.4.4 · 10 instances found
Heading level skipped from <h1> to <h3>
WCAG 1.3.1 · 7 instances found · How to fix →
Ensures the contrast between foreground and background colors meets WCAG 2 AA minimum contrast ratio thresholds
WCAG 1.4.3 · 2 instances found · How to fix →
Ensure touch target have sufficient size and space (mobile 320px)
WCAG 2.5.8 · 2 instances found
Ensures every form element has a label
WCAG 4.1.2 · 1 instance found · How to fix →
Ensures links have discernible text
WCAG 2.4.4, 4.1.2 · 1 instance found · How to fix →
Cookie Consent & Compliance
cbsnews.com does not appear to use a consent management platform. With 87 third-party requests from 7 vendors and 13 cookies detected, the site may not be compliant with GDPR Article 6 and ePrivacy Directive Article 5(3) requirements for prior consent. Learn about cookie consent requirements.
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Third-Party Trackers
87 requests detected from 7 vendors — Confiant, Flipp, LiveRamp, Amazon, Google LLC...
Third-Party Trackers
87 requests detected from 7 vendors — Confiant, Flipp, LiveRamp, Amazon, Google LLC...
Analytics
0
Marketing
33
Necessary
0
Functional
0
Other
0
| Vendor | Category | Type | Domain |
|---|---|---|---|
| Confiant | Advertising | script | cdn.confiant-integrations.net |
| Flipp | Advertising | script | p.flipp.com |
| LiveRamp | Advertising | script | idsync.rlcdn.com |
| Amazon | Essential | script | substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com |
| Google LLC | Marketing | script | imasdk.googleapis.com |
| Adobe | Other | pixel | dpm.demdex.net |
| Other | script | securepubads.g.doubleclick.net | |
| Other | script | pagead2.googlesyndication.com |
Cookies
13 cookies detected — 0 necessary, 0 analytics, 0 marketing
Cookies
13 cookies detected — 0 necessary, 0 analytics, 0 marketing
Total
13
Necessary
0
Functional
0
Analytics
0
Marketing
0
Unknown
13
| Name | Domain | Category | Provider | Expiry | Secure | HttpOnly | Party |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first_page_today | .cbsnews.com | Unknown | — | Expired | — | — | 1st |
| flipp-uid | www.cbsnews.com | Unknown | — | 363 d | — | — | 1st |
| fly_device | .cbsnews.com | Unknown | — | Expired | — | — | 1st |
| fly_geo | .cbsnews.com | Unknown | — | Expired | — | — | 1st |
| fly_js_debug | www.cbsnews.com | Unknown | — | Session | — | — | 1st |
| prevPageName | .cbsnews.com | Unknown | — | Session | — | — | 1st |
| prevPageType | .cbsnews.com | Unknown | — | Session | — | — | 1st |
| usprivacy | .cbsnews.com | Unknown | — | 28 d | ✓ | — | 1st |
| us_privacy | .cbsnews.com | Unknown | — | 28 d | ✓ | — | 1st |
| utag_main | .cbsnews.com | Unknown | — | 363 d | — | — | 1st |
| _ketch_consent_v1_ | .cbsnews.com | Unknown | — | 1.1 yr | ✓ | — | 1st |
| _swb | .cbsnews.com | Unknown | — | 1.1 yr | ✓ | — | 1st |
| _swb_consent_ | .cbsnews.com | Unknown | — | 5 d | ✓ | — | 1st |
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