Welcome to Unfiltered- The raw and unedited instagram and blog.

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Nov 5 · 1 min read

Team Members: Sarah Aquilina, Maria Gatt, Giorgia Attard, George M. Grima, Laura Azzopardi and Elise Brincat.

Six university students with the aim to explore youths’ preoccupation with how they present themselves visually on social media (particularly Instagram) and raising awareness about this superficial, potentially deterring situation.

Instagram being one of the most influential social media platforms of the 21st century has accumulated over 1 billion users. This rising platform has created various social media pressures and expectations which can lead to harmful circumstances.

These alarming problems have even caught the attention of Instagram creators who are trying to crack down such results. Recently Instagram have removed certain features such as the Plastic Surgery Filters and hiding the amount of likes on personal accounts.

We invite you to follow us on this journey as we explore our obsession with the visual.

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