# Social Media Archiving
Your Social Media Accessibility Checklist
A practical checklist to help local government communicators publish accessible social posts that support ADA expectations and align with WCAG best practices.
Get the Checklist
Social media is where many residents first look for critical updates, deadlines, service changes, and community information. If posts are not accessible, people can be unintentionally excluded from the same timely information everyone else receives. This creates risk, increases confusion, and can erode trust.
This checklist helps communications staff, social media managers, and public information officers make accessibility a consistent part of everyday publishing, including:
- Text accessibility guidance for clear, scannable, screen reader-friendly posts
- Image guidance, including alt text best practices
- Video accessibility tips for captions, transcriptions, and audio descriptions
- Color and design recommendations to improve readability and reduce confusion
- Platform-specific accessibility insights for Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, TikTok, X, and YouTube
- Cross-platform best practices to keep accessibility consistent across accounts and tools
Download the checklist to strengthen compliance, improve clarity, and help ensure every resident can access the information you share.