Do Snapchat Beauty Filters Make You Look Better, Or Whiter?
Snapchat filters are causing some controversy. Some are saying their beautification filters basically just make people appear more white and thin. Ana Kasparian and John Iadarola (ThinkTank), hosts of The Young Turks, break it down. Tell us what you think in the comment section below.
"Several Snapchat users have commented on social media that the popular app’s filters are lightening people’s complexions. While Snapchat’s “beauty” and “pretty” filters are meant to improve people’s appearance, such as by evening out skin tone and adding virtual makeup, they also seem to lighten the overall photo, including the subject’s skin tone, according to BuzzFeed. Others have noticed that the filters also change facial proportions, from making eyes appear bigger and more doelike to slimming down jaws and noses.
Twitter user @ccstreeter commented, “but why do the snapchat ‘beautifying’ filters make your skin whiter and eyes lighter,” while @SimplyAllegra wrote, “Snapchat, I am very disturbed by the fact that your ‘beautification’ filters make my skin lighter, and my nose and jaw smaller. Just saying.”
One BuzzFeed writer who tried out the “pretty” filter noticed that her skin had been “unnaturally smoothed and made pinker, taking away its natural brown tone. My nose and jaw are both digitally made thinner, and my eyes are enlarged.””*
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Hosts: Ana Kasparian, John Iadarola
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