TikTok has withdrawn a controversial filter that allowed users to alter their photos to make themselves look heavier. Each AI-filtered video on the app follows the same pattern. It starts with an ...

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They're often seen as a bit of fun – but a recent TikTok trend showed how they can be used for negative purposes too. The 'chubby filter' sparked so much backlash that it was banned by the ...

Sadie said she didn't think the filter should be allowed on TikTok without some kind of warning A viral filter which made people appear overweight has been removed from TikTok, after the BBC ...

A viral filter that made people overweight has been removed by TikTok amid a barrage of criticism from social media users. Known as the "chubby filter", the artificial intelligence (AI ...

The videos being posted on TikTok and the trend largely fall into two categories—the person using the filter finds it funny, or the user posts a video critical of it. Videos on both sides of ...

TikTok has removed a controversial filter that made users look overweight. The so-called “chubby” AI filter starts with an unedited photo, usually slim, and then it showly shows the user’s ...

That's where TikTok's newest trending filter comes in. The Match Stix Snatch filter was created by Grace Choi, the inventor behind some of the app's most loved beauty filters, in collaboration ...