How Selfie Filters Warp Your Beauty Standards and take a toll on mental health

guest · Oct 4, 2020

Google takes aim at ‘beauty filters’ with design changes coming to Pixel phones
October 1, 2020
https://techcrunch.com/2020/10/01/g...s-with-design-changes-coming-to-pixel-phones/

Google is taking aim at photo face filters and other “beautifying” techniques that mental health experts believe can warp a person’s self-confidence, particularly when they’re introduced to younger users.

In the Pixel 4a, Google has already turned off face retouching by default, it says, and notes the interface will soon be updated to include what Google describes as “value-free” descriptive icons and labels for the app’s face retouching effects.
That means it won’t use language like “beauty filter” or imply, even in more subtle ways, that face retouching tools can make someone look better.
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But the images our smartphones are showing us are driving more people to be dissatisfied with their own appearance. According to the American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 72% of their members last year said their patients sought them out in order to improve their selfies, a 15% year-over-year increase.

Google explains it sought the help of child and mental health experts to better understand the impact of filters on people’s well-being.
It found that when people weren’t aware a photo filter had been applied, the resulting photos could negatively impact mental well-being as they quietly set a beauty standard that people would then compare themselves against over time.
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Google: More controls and transparency for your selfies

If face retouching filters are on, this should be clearly indicated in the product experience. And when it’s off, it should stay off. We’ve steered away from references to “beauty,” by using iconography and language that is value-neutral, so you can decide what retouching means to you.
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Android Central: Google's rejection of 'beauty mode' is a good look for phone cameras

A digital filter for your face isn't any sort of "beauty mode" and it's good to see Google clamping down on the naming and how it can impact the standards of self we all have
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Rasheed187 · Oct 10, 2020

Yes, this stuff is getting out of hand. I see too many women using these filters. I believe all of these filters should be banned, women should stop fooling men and stop fooling themselves.

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