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05-17-2016, 01:41 AM
Snapchat faces an outcry against 'whitewashing' filters
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Snapchat has once again come under fire (http://mashable.com/2016/04/20/snapchat-bob-marley-filter/#4Y0wTFG0WSq7?utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=) for how it deals with race.*
Users of the app have **ticed that many of the face-altering filters "whitewash." Upset Snapchatters point to the flower crown filter and the "beautifying" filter, both of which seem to lighten skin and eyes and contour the face to make one's chin and **se appear smaller.*
SEE ALSO: 10 Snapchat features we wish existed (http://mashable.com/2016/04/29/snapchat-features-we-wish-existed/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
Since the debut, and subsequent popularity, of the Coachella-inspired filter, Snapchat users have taken to Twitter and Tumblr to voice their disproval with the app.*
Other users have recently defended Snapchat over the whitewashing controversy, claiming the filters whiten and brighten all aspects of a photo (similar to a flash) and **t only skin. That helps?* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/05/16/snapchat-whitewashing/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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Snapchat has once again come under fire (http://mashable.com/2016/04/20/snapchat-bob-marley-filter/#4Y0wTFG0WSq7?utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=) for how it deals with race.*
Users of the app have **ticed that many of the face-altering filters "whitewash." Upset Snapchatters point to the flower crown filter and the "beautifying" filter, both of which seem to lighten skin and eyes and contour the face to make one's chin and **se appear smaller.*
SEE ALSO: 10 Snapchat features we wish existed (http://mashable.com/2016/04/29/snapchat-features-we-wish-existed/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
Since the debut, and subsequent popularity, of the Coachella-inspired filter, Snapchat users have taken to Twitter and Tumblr to voice their disproval with the app.*
Other users have recently defended Snapchat over the whitewashing controversy, claiming the filters whiten and brighten all aspects of a photo (similar to a flash) and **t only skin. That helps?* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/05/16/snapchat-whitewashing/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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