Auto-playing media or animation has no mechanism to pause, stop, or hide

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Rule

Automatically moving, blinking, or scrolling content that lasts longer than 5 seconds MUST be able to be paused, stopped, or hidden by the user.

Background

Content that auto-updates - such as auto-advancing presentations and messages, and carousels, weather information, news, and stock prices - can be problematic for people who have trouble reading text quickly, people who have attention deficit disorders or other cognitive disabilities, and screen reader users. Auto-updating information must have an accessible mechanism to pause, stop, or hide it, or to control the timing of the updates. The ability to control auto-updating content allows people to consume information in a way that best suits their needs.

How to Fix

Fix this issue by providing an accessible mechanism to pause the auto updating content or to change the frequency with which content is updated.