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Deaf New Yorker sues porn sites for lack of closed captions

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Agence France-Presse

NEW YORK, United States - A deaf man in New York has filed a class action lawsuit against three pornographic websites on grounds he cannot enjoy their content fully without closed captions.In a filing Thursday in a Brooklyn federal court, Yaroslav Suris sued Pornhub, Redtube and YouPorn and their Canadian parent company MindGeek, arguing they violated an anti-discrimination law called the Americans with Disabilities Act.Suris, who already sued Fox News over similar violations, named several racy-sounding videos that he said he wanted to watch in October and this month.&quot;Without closed captioning, deaf and hard of hearing people cannot enjoy video content on the defendants&#x27; websites while the general public can,&quot; Suris wrote in his 23-page complaint.Suris said he wants the porn sites to provide closed captioning and is also seeking undisclosed damages and interests.Pornhub Vice President Corey Price sent AFP a statement asserting that the website does in fact have a closed captions category and provided a link to it.

NEW YORK, United States - A deaf man in New York has filed a class action lawsuit against three pornographic websites on grounds he cannot enjoy their content fully without closed captions.

NEW YORK, United States - A deaf man in New York has filed a class action lawsuit against three pornographic websites on grounds he cannot enjoy their content fully without closed captions.