New York Post

TikTok slammed for ‘fatphobic’ filter: ‘Why are you shaming fat people?’

Tick, tock — users’ patience is wearing thin. TikTokkers slammed the popular video platform over a “fatphobic” filter, claiming the grotesque effect — which made people’s faces large and rugged — was ...
The Daily Dot

TikTokers call out a filter on the app for fat-shaming them

Problematic on TikTok is a weekly column that unpacks the troubling trends that are emerging on the popular platform and runs on Tuesdays in the Daily Dot’s web_crawlr newsletter. If you want to get ...
New York Post

‘Sick’ filter that makes users appear fat is pulled after backlash on TikTok: ‘Fuels toxic diet culture’

They’re going #nofilter. The controversial “chubby” filter has been yanked from the video editing app CapCut after it received backlash from users on TikTok. A TikTok spokesperson confirmed to The ...
The Daily Dot

‘Yea let’s not do this’: TikTok filter called out for popularizing fatphobic trend

Problematic on TikTok is a weekly column that unpacks the troubling trends that are emerging on the popular platform and runs on Tuesdays in the Daily Dot’s web_crawlr newsletter. If you want to get ...
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Fat bodies are deserving of love, not being mocked on Tiktok trends

I opened TikTok this week and was in absolute shock. I’m used to seeing different trends going viral, but all I saw as I scrolled was video after video of users applying a ‘chubby filter’ to their ...