diff --git a/view/theme/frio/templates/search_item.tpl b/view/theme/frio/templates/search_item.tpl
index caa43f5836..dbf8bf159d 100644
--- a/view/theme/frio/templates/search_item.tpl
+++ b/view/theme/frio/templates/search_item.tpl
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
 									<time class="time" title="{{$item.localtime}}" data-toggle="tooltip" datetime="{{$item.utc}}">{{$item.ago}}</time>
 								</a>
 								{{if $item.pinned}}
-									&bull; <i class="fa fa-thumb-tack" aria-hidden="true" title="{{$item.pinned}}"></i>
+									<span aria-hidden="true">&bull;</span> <i class="fa fa-thumb-tack" aria-hidden="true" title="{{$item.pinned}}"></i>
 									<span class="sr-only">{{$item.pinned}}</span>
 								{{/if}}
 							</small>
diff --git a/view/theme/frio/templates/sub/delivery_count.tpl b/view/theme/frio/templates/sub/delivery_count.tpl
index 968211b3bf..25c87f342e 100644
--- a/view/theme/frio/templates/sub/delivery_count.tpl
+++ b/view/theme/frio/templates/sub/delivery_count.tpl
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   *}}
 {{if $delivery.queue_count >= -1 && $delivery.queue_count !== '' && $delivery.queue_count !== null}}
 <span class="delivery">
-	&bull;
+	<span aria-hidden="true">&bull;</span>
 	{{if $delivery.queue_count == 0}}
 		<i class="fa fa-hourglass-o" aria-hidden="true" title="{{$delivery.notifier_pending}}"></i>
 		<span class="sr-only">{{$delivery.notifier_pending}}</span>
diff --git a/view/theme/frio/templates/sub/direction.tpl b/view/theme/frio/templates/sub/direction.tpl
index b5672ff0fc..3498354151 100644
--- a/view/theme/frio/templates/sub/direction.tpl
+++ b/view/theme/frio/templates/sub/direction.tpl
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   *}}
 {{if $direction.direction > 0}}
 <span class="direction">
-	&bull;
+	<span aria-hidden="true">&bull;</span>
 	{{if $direction.direction == 1}}
 		<i class="fa fa-inbox" aria-hidden="true" title="{{$direction.title}}"></i>
 	{{elseif $direction.direction == 2}}
diff --git a/view/theme/frio/templates/wall_thread.tpl b/view/theme/frio/templates/wall_thread.tpl
index db17771ded..2c04ccde17 100644
--- a/view/theme/frio/templates/wall_thread.tpl
+++ b/view/theme/frio/templates/wall_thread.tpl
@@ -163,14 +163,14 @@ as the value of $top_child_total (this is done at the end of this file)
 								{{include file="sub/direction.tpl" direction=$item.direction}}
 							{{/if}}
 							{{if $item.pinned}}
-								&bull; <i class="fa fa-thumb-tack" aria-hidden="true" title="{{$item.pinned}}"></i>
+								<span aria-hidden="true">&bull;</span> <i class="fa fa-thumb-tack" aria-hidden="true" title="{{$item.pinned}}"></i>
 								<span class="sr-only">{{$item.pinned}}</span>
 							{{/if}}
 							{{if $item.connector}}
-								&bull;
+								<span aria-hidden="true">&bull;</span>
 								<small><i class="fa fa-plug" title="{{$item.connector}}" aria-hidden="true"></i></small>
 							{{else}}
-								&bull;
+								<span aria-hidden="true">&bull;</span>
 								<span class="navicon lock fakelink" onClick="lockview(event, 'item', {{$item.id}});" title="{{$item.privacy}}" data-toggle="tooltip">
 									<small><i class="fa {{if $item.private == 1}}fa-lock{{elseif $item.private == 0}}fa-globe{{else}}fa-low-vision{{/if}}" aria-hidden="true"></i></small>
 								</span>
@@ -204,10 +204,10 @@ as the value of $top_child_total (this is done at the end of this file)
 								{{include file="sub/direction.tpl" direction=$item.direction}}
 							{{/if}}
 							{{if $item.connector}}
-								&bull;
+								<span aria-hidden="true">&bull;</span>
 								<small><i class="fa fa-plug" title="{{$item.connector}}" aria-hidden="true"></i></small>
 							{{else}}
-								&bull;
+								<span aria-hidden="true">&bull;</span>
 								<span class="navicon lock fakelink" onClick="lockview(event, 'item', {{$item.id}});" title="{{$item.privacy}}" data-toggle="tooltip">
 								<i class="fa {{if $item.private == 1}}fa-lock{{elseif $item.private == 0}}fa-globe{{else}}fa-low-vision{{/if}}" aria-hidden="true"></i>
 								</span>
@@ -248,11 +248,11 @@ as the value of $top_child_total (this is done at the end of this file)
 						{{include file="sub/direction.tpl" direction=$item.direction}}
 					{{/if}}
 					{{if $item.connector}}
-						&bull;
+						<span aria-hidden="true">&bull;</span>
 						<small><i class="fa fa-plug" title="{{$item.connector}}" aria-hidden="true"></i></small>
 					{{else}}
 						<span class="navicon lock fakelink" onClick="lockview(event, 'item', {{$item.id}});" title="{{$item.privacy}}" data-toggle="tooltip">
-							&bull;
+							<span aria-hidden="true">&bull;</span>
 							<small><i class="fa {{if $item.private == 1}}fa-lock{{elseif $item.private == 0}}fa-globe{{else}}fa-low-vision{{/if}}" aria-hidden="true"></i></small>
 						</span>
 					{{/if}}
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ as the value of $top_child_total (this is done at the end of this file)
 		<div class="clearfix"></div>
 
 		{{* Insert Line to separate item header and item content visually *}}
-		{{if $item.thread_level==1}}<hr />{{/if}}
+		{{if $item.thread_level==1}}<span aria-hidden="true"><hr /></span>{{/if}}
 
 		{{* item content *}}
 		<div class="wall-item-content {{$item.type}}" id="wall-item-content-{{$item.id}}">