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Users must be able to magnify the contents of a web page by up to 200%. In modern 
browsers this is almost always possible unless the page chooses to disable it.

Websites should avoid using the meta viewport tag to disable pinch-to-zoom. This behavior
is highly discouraged for accessibility and usability on mobile devices.

Generally the code causing this issue looks like this:

```html
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, maximum-scale=1.0, user-scalable=no" />
```

Here the use of `user-scaleable=no` asks the browser not to allow user zoom. 

iOS no longer allows websites to disable pinch-to-zoom, and ignores this part of the
viewport tag. Therefore to replicate this issue you must use an Android device.

ensure-text-can-resize

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Title / URL	Issues
Letters \| The Independentwww.independent.co.uk/voices/letters	1
Health \| The Independentwww.independent.co.uk/news/health	1
UFC news, fight cards and resultswww.independent.co.uk/sport/ufc	1
US Sport \| The Independentwww.independent.co.uk/sport/us-sport	1
Business \| The Independentwww.independent.co.uk/news/business	1
Independent Asia Editionwww.independent.co.uk/asia	1
F1 news 2024: Schedule, results, standingswww.independent.co.uk/f1	1
Tennis \| The Independentwww.independent.co.uk/sport/tennis	1
Log inwww.independent.co.uk/login?regSourceMethod=Nav%20register%20CTA	1
Boxing news, rankings and latest updates from the Independentwww.independent.co.uk/sport/boxing	1

Ensure pinch-to-zoom is enabled

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