TikTokers are hitting back at the platform\u2019s \u2018hooked nose\u2019 filter TikTok: lislynn13, phat_squirrelTikTokers are hitting back at a \u2018hooked nose\u2019 filter being used on the site, calling the face-altering tool both racist and offensive to those with large noses and certain ethnic features. TikTok is home to a slew of trends that take the app by storm from time to time. However, while most of these fads are relatively harmless, a few have struck up major amounts of backlash from users and even pushback from health experts (see the site\u2019s latest \u2018butter board\u2019 craze \u2014 oh, and \u2018Nyquil Chicken\u2019). The latest trend to go viral on TikTok is a filter that gives users a large, hooked nose, set to the song \u2018Numbers\u2019 by Temporex\u2026 and not everyone is here for it. Notably, however, the trend has been coming under fire from a slew of different creators, who have called out other TikTokers for using the app to demean those with large noses. TikTokers aren\u2019t happy with app\u2019s \u2018hooked nose\u2019 filter TikToker \u2018lislyn13\u2019 called out people using the filter as a \u201cconfidence booster,\u201d writing in a sarcastic caption: \u201cOMG I couldn\u2019t imagine having a giant ugly huge bump nose thank God I have this beautiful itty bitty ski slope nose!\u201d TikToker Natalie, aka \u2018phat_squirrel,\u2019 called out users for feeling \u201cglad\u201d they don\u2019t have features from certain ethnic groups. \u201c\u2018This filter makes me feel so much better about my nose,\u2019 well I know it definitely doesn\u2019t for people that actually have these features,\u201d she wrote. \u201cThis trend is just saying, \u2018I\u2019m glad I don\u2019t have Middle Eastern features\u2019 without saying it.\u201d TikToker \u2018jennaluvsmoney\u2019 also called out the filter\u2019s racist connotations, saying in a caption: \u201cYou guys are using this filter for a \u2018confidence booster\u2019 not realizing you\u2019re mocking African, Middle Eastern and [Jewish peoples\u2019] noses, just to feel better about yourself.\u201d Commenters are largely sounding off in agreement, pushing back against body-related \u2018trends\u2019 and celebrating their natural features. \u201cIt\u2019s because of people like you embracing their nose during these trends that made me be more confident about mine,\u201d one user said in response to lisslyn13. \u201cI love yall\u2019s noses and features!\u201d another said in response to Natalie\u2019s TikTok. \u201cYou are all gorgeous.\u201d This is just the latest filter to come under fire on TikTok after a filter that altered users\u2019 faces was slammed for being \u2018fatphobic\u2019 back in August.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
TikTokers are hitting back at the platform\u2019s \u2018hooked nose\u2019 filter TikTok: lislynn13, phat_squirrelTikTokers are hitting back at a \u2018hooked nose\u2019 filter being used on the site, calling the face-altering tool both racist and offensive to those with large noses and certain ethnic features. TikTok is home to a slew of trends that take the app […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-61517","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61517","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61517"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61517\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61517"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61517"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61517"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}