With the increasing laws that address the requirement to use closed captioning, many businesses and other entities are wondering whether they need to provide closed captioning. In short, there are only a few exceptions when it comes to exemption from closed captioning. This means most English and Spanish programming in the United States must follow the regulations that took effect in 1998 through the passing in Congress of the Telecommunications Act of 1996. Over the years, the requirements have continued to increase.
