{"id":16739,"date":"2024-11-29T14:37:18","date_gmt":"2024-11-29T13:37:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/29\/teenage-girls-are-feeling-vulnerable-fears-grow-over-online-beauty-filters\/"},"modified":"2024-11-29T14:37:18","modified_gmt":"2024-11-29T13:37:18","slug":"teenage-girls-are-feeling-vulnerable-fears-grow-over-online-beauty-filters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/29\/teenage-girls-are-feeling-vulnerable-fears-grow-over-online-beauty-filters\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Teenage girls are feeling vulnerable\u2019: fears grow over online beauty filters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Studies suggest children are having their self-esteem harmed by filters that ape the effects of cosmetic surgery<\/p>\n<p>Just one click on the \u201cglossy babe\u201d filter and the teenager\u2019s face was subtly elongated, her nose made neater and a dusting of freckles sprinkled across her cheeks. Next, a \u201cglow makeup\u201d filter erased skin blemishes, puffed her lips into a rosebud and extended her eyelashes far beyond what makeup could achieve. With a third click her face was back to reality.<\/p>\n<p>Hundreds of millions of people now use beauty filters to alter their appearance on apps including Snapchat, Instagram and TikTok. This week TikTok announced new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2024\/nov\/26\/tiktok-to-block-teenagers-from-beauty-filters-over-mental-health-concerns\">worldwide restrictions on children\u2019s access<\/a> to those that ape the effects of cosmetic surgery.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/media\/2024\/nov\/29\/teenage-girls-are-feeling-vulnerable-fears-grow-over-online-beauty-filters\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/befb522ea63991b0b73bdeca86ca54a2d106d11a\/0_0_5906_3543\/master\/5906.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=5a24f564c296575081f75296d76ac1a3\" title=\"\u2018Teenage girls are feeling vulnerable\u2019: fears grow over online beauty filters\" \/>Studies suggest children are having their self-esteem harmed by filters that ape the effects of cosmetic surgery<br \/>\nJust one click on the \u201cglossy babe\u201d filter and the teenager\u2019s face was subtly elongated, her nose made neater and a dusting of freckles sprinkled across her cheeks. Next, a \u201cglow makeup\u201d filter erased skin blemishes, puffed her lips into a rosebud and extended her eyelashes far beyond what makeup could achieve. With a third click her face was back to reality.<br \/>\nHundreds of millions of people now use beauty filters to alter their appearance on apps including Snapchat, Instagram and TikTok. This week TikTok announced new worldwide restrictions on children\u2019s access to those that ape the effects of cosmetic surgery. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Studies suggest children are having their self-esteem harmed by filters that ape the effects of cosmetic surgery Just one click on the \u201cglossy babe\u201d filter and the teenager\u2019s face was subtly elongated, her nose made neater and a dusting of freckles sprinkled across her cheeks. Next, a \u201cglow makeup\u201d filter erased skin blemishes, puffed her &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/29\/teenage-girls-are-feeling-vulnerable-fears-grow-over-online-beauty-filters\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">\u2018Teenage girls are feeling vulnerable\u2019: fears grow over online beauty filters<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":16740,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16739"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16739"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16739\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16740"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16739"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16739"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16739"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}