"People of color have long critiqued social media filters for perpetuating Eurocentric beauty standards. In one TikTok video, a young Black woman who used the app's glow filter was vexed that her brown eyes transformed to blue. In another video, a user wrote that she liked a face-altering filter until she realized that it generated the appearance of a smaller nose."
"A new study published in the JAMA Network that looked at Black adolescents' exposure to online racism including traumatic videos of police violence, online racial discrimination and racial bias perpetuated by AI can cause increased anxiety and depression. On average, Black adolescents experienced six race-related online experiences everyday 3.2 of which were online racism, and 2.8 of which were positive."
Exposure to race-related online experiences, including social media filters that alter features and traumatic videos of police violence, increases anxiety and depression and can disrupt sleep and next-day concentration among Black adolescents. On average, Black adolescents experienced six race-related online experiences daily—approximately 3.2 incidents of online racism and 2.8 positive race-related experiences. Survey data covered 141 adolescents of Black descent ages 11 to 19 across the nation. Increasing online hate speech and federal crackdowns on diversity initiatives have contributed to normalization of racism. Platforms need tools to help users manage and critique these experiences and states should adopt policies protecting young people of color.
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