In the application, the videos using this artificial intelligence -backed filter were following a similar template.
The videos usually start with the filter -free appearance of a thin user, and then changed the physical appearance of the “overweight” filter that spreads to the screen. Meanwhile, the American singer Doechii’s song “Anxiety” (Anxiety) was playing.
With the spread of the filter, reactions between users on the negative effects of this application on body perception began to increase.
While a social media user commented, “This trend contains a ‘sarcastic’ attitude ,, this sharing received more than 5,000 likes.
Filter Removed on Reactions
Tiktok user Sadiebass16, in the video he shared, “Imagine, you are just trying to exist in this application, and thousands of people are making a look similar to your body with a filter of artificial intelligence. People say ‘think’, many people are already experiencing it,” he said.
Luna, which provides health and prosperity services for young people, criticized this filter of Tiktok with “creating a negative impact on body perception and encouraging unhealthy beauty standards”.
Tiktok, CNN’in questions on the subject, while the BBC’ye said in a statement that the filter in question removed from the application announced. The company said that the filter -containing videos are not included in the suggestions and that they take additional measures to prevent them from appearing in young user accounts.
Tiktok also reported that the filter was installed by Capcut, a separate organization connected to ByTedance company.
As of Monday morning, Tiktok’s mobile application “overweight filter” search did not yield any results, while some content was still available in the desktop version.
Criticism continues for social media filters
Tiktok has hundreds of different filters and most of them are seen as harmless. For example, filters that add rabbit ears or dog nose are used for entertainment purposes. However, especially beauty filters of the application are often criticized for the negative effects of users on the self -confidence.
Experts argue that such filters show an ideal body ideal in the perception of beauty and cause users to feel inadequate. “This is not fun, not something to be underestimated. This is not a fun, it is not fun. This is not fun. This is not a fun.
A small -scale study in 2019 showed that social media filters may increase the interest in aesthetic surgery, while a study by Harvard Business Review in 2021 determined that even individuals who trust their appearance may feel discomfort against their faces.
Tiktok, in November last year, after a study examining the negative effects on young people, users under the age of 18 announced that it prevented access to beauty filters.
