1 week Ago By Jogai Bhatt
A viral AI filter on TikTok, altering users’ appearances to look ‘chubby’ or ‘skinny’, has been criticised for being fatphobic and body-shaming. Eating disorder clinician Emma Thomas says the filter has distressed young clients, reinforcing fears about weight gain. CapCut, the app connected to TikTok, pulled the filter, but experts warn the damage may already be done.
By Jogai Bhatt of RNZ A troubling trend has been doing the rounds - a viral AI filter that alters users’ appearance to make them look either ‘chubby’ or ‘skinny’. It mostly features slim, young women using the filter to make themselves look bigger, often as a joke with mocking captions. Meanwhile, the ‘skinny filter’ is used as so-called motivation to hit the gym or eat healthier.
Many TikTok users called out the trend for being fatphobic , body-shaming, and potentially encouraging of eating disorders, and CapCut - the editing app connected to TikTok - officially pulled the filter. But some health experts suggest the damage may already be done..
