TikTokers slam \u2018fatphobic\u2019 filter that\u2019s getting millions of views TikTok: euincetjoaaTikTokers are criticizing a new trend taking off on the viral video app, which uses a filter that many users are labeling as \u2018fatphobic.\u2019 TikTok is a social media platform that\u2019s home to a slew of popular trends and crazes. From spawning its viral baked feta pasta to creating challenges like the \u2018incantation challenge,\u2019 TikTok is the number one place for fads to go viral. However, the app\u2019s latest hot trend is sparking some backlash among viewers for using what many critics are calling a \u2018fatphobic\u2019 facial filter. Filters are nothing new on TikTok, and certain ones tend to go viral from time to time. Most recently, a popular \u2018planets\u2019 filter took over the platform for the jaw-dropping effect it lends to one\u2019s videos. This newest trend, though, uses a filter that makes a person\u2019s face bigger and exaggerates their features \u2014 and many users aren\u2019t happy about it. The fad appears to have been sparked by TikTok by user \u2018eunicetjoaa,\u2019 who shared her video using the filter on June 25, 2022. The \u2018transformation\u2019 from the filter to her real face went viral, garnering over 30 million views and 2.3 million likes. Click here if TikTok fails to load. Other users soon started making their own \u2018transformation\u2019 videos using the filter, which similarly received a lot of attention\u2026 but the comments sections on these clips are also packed with criticism against the TikTokers for using the \u2018fatphobic\u2019 filter. \u201cYeah, let\u2019s not do this,\u201d one user wrote. \u201c2.3m likes? Why do we still condone this behavior?\u201d another asked. \u201cY\u2019all really showing ur true colors,\u201d another remarked. TikToker \u2018splotchmaker\u2019 duetted a video with one TikToker who used the filter, katiania.kay, writing: \u201cI know everyone\u2019s making videos about this trend but YIKES to anyone doing this. Fatphobes.\u201d Click here if TikTok fails to load. This is just the latest trend to spark backlash on TikTok, with the platform\u2019s viral \u2018spa water\u2019 also coming under scrutiny for \u201cgentrifying agua frescas.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
TikTokers slam \u2018fatphobic\u2019 filter that\u2019s getting millions of views TikTok: euincetjoaaTikTokers are criticizing a new trend taking off on the viral video app, which uses a filter that many users are labeling as \u2018fatphobic.\u2019 TikTok is a social media platform that\u2019s home to a slew of popular trends and crazes. From spawning its viral baked […]<\/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-61578","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61578","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=61578"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61578\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61578"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61578"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}