The Real Problem with TikTok’s ‘Glamour’ Filter

It’s not about beauty standards or even AI

courtesy of @msxannie on TikTok

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve heard about TikTok’s new “bold glamour” filter: a technologically impressive but ethically dubious tool that makes you look like you put on a lot of make-up and also gained a white great-grandma somewhere. (Note the narrowed nose and changed eyelids in the photo…