IKEA Catalog Photoshop Controversy Spawns New Internet Photo Meme
IKEA received a lot of bad press around the world earlier this week after it came to light that the company had Photoshopped women out of its Saudia Arabian catalog. The company has since apologized, but the Internet isn’t planning to let the story die down without poking some fun at IKEA’s expense.
IKEA’s self-censorship is actually a step up tech-wise from what’s commonly done by Saudi authorities: using a black marker to cover up skin. Perhaps IKEA was trying to keep black markers from tarnishing the pristine — sometimes computer-generated — look of its product catalog, but the Internet won’t have any of that on its watch.
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