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Lebanon newspaper campaign reveals algorithm censorship of war correspondence

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Al Joumhouria collaborated with TBWA\Raad and artist Keira Rathbone to recreate conflict scenes solely through letters and symbols typed on a typewriter, which retain the impact of the original images, while escaping automated social media censorship filters.

From left, photograph by Elias Diab which was censored by social media algorithms, compared with an illustration by artist Keira Rathbone highlighting the reality of war by solely using letters and symbols typed on a typewriter, which escape automated social media censorship filters.

 
Lebanese daily newspaper Al Joumhouria has launched its ‘Uncensored Press: Breaching the Algorithm’ campaign in partnership with TBWA\Raad to share the truth behind war and survival stories in the Middle East, which the brand believes is being systematically erased by automated algorithms on social media.
The algorithms, which were initially intended to safeguard users, now flags images critical to war


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Tags:Al Joumhouriaautomated algorithmbiasBreaching the AlgorithmCensorshipFrederico RobertoguidelinesjournalistsKeira RathboneLebanonNajj MurrNewspaperreportagesensitivesocial mediasocial media algorithmsTBWA\RaadUncensored Presswar correspondence
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Anup Oommen is the Editor of Campaign Middle East at Motivate Media Group, a well-reputed moderator, and a multiple award-winning journalist with more than 15 years of experience at some of the most reputable and credible global news organisations, including Reuters, CNN, and Motivate Media Group. As the Editor of Campaign Middle East, Anup heads market-leading coverage of advertising, media, marketing, PR, events and experiential, digital, the wider creative industries, and more, through the brand’s digital, print, events, directories, podcast and video verticals. As such he’s a key stakeholder in the Campaign Global brand, the world’s leading authority for the advertising, marketing and media industries, which was first published in the UK in 1968.
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