Deaf Man Brings ADA Complaint About Adult Streaming Sites' Lack of Captioning

A deaf Brooklyn resident who has sued media outlets over the past year over lack of closed-captioning for their online video streams now is targeting adult online streaming services Pornhub, RedTube and YouPorn. In a class-action status-seeking complaint Thursday in U.S. District Court in Brooklyn (in Pacer), Yaroslav Suris said lack of captioning violated the American Disabilities Act, New York Human Rights Law, New York State Civil Rights Law and New York City Human Rights Law. Yaris brought similar complaints in the past year against CBS Interactive, Fox News Network, Investor's Business Daily, the Weather Channel and TMZ; all settled within months except for the Fox complaint brought in December. Yaris' counsel didn't comment Friday; Mindgeek emailed that it has closed-captioned adult videos.