---
title: "Playboy image from 1972 gets ban from IEEE computer journals"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/playboy-image-from-1972-gets-ban-from-ieee-computer-journals-onvjiiv09
source_url: https://arstechnica.com/?p=2013640
type: article
source: "Ars Technica"
published: 2024-03-29T22:14:39.022Z
updated: 2024-05-09T09:06:08.895Z
tags: ["image-processing", "diversity-and-inclusion"]
reading_time: 7
upvotes: 1
comments: 0
language: en
---

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# Playboy image from 1972 gets ban from IEEE computer journals

**[Ars Technica](https://daily.dev/sources/arstechnica)** · 7 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

IEEE Computer Society announced a ban on the frequently used 'Lena image' from papers after April 1. The image, featuring a Playboy model named Lena Forsén, has been criticized for making some women feel unwelcome in the field of image processing research.

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