These days beauty filters are commonplace on apps like Instagram, Snapchat, and Tiktok, but TikTok’s new “bold glamour” filter is so realistic it’s a bit terrifying. So, how do beauty filters work in the first place? And what makes this one so different? And by using them are we changing the way we perceive ourselves?
Imma Perfetto is a journalist at Cosmos Magazine and has a Bachelor of science and honours in Science Communication.
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