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08-13-2016, 09:27 PM
Why Snapchat and smartphone beauty filters need a culturally inclusive update
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The controversial Snapchat filter called out as "yellowface" (http://mashable.com/2016/08/10/yellowface-snapchat-filter/?utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=) by many earlier this week has thrust the popular app's face morphing filters into the spotlight again (http://mashable.com/2016/04/20/snapchat-bob-marley-filter/), with some wondering if the app may be impacting how we see ourselves and others.*
Aside from racially insensitive filters, there's also the matter of Snapchat's (http://mashable.com/category/snapchat/) "beauty" filter and how it may reveal a bias toward a certain kind of look. Specifically, a look that hews more toward western mainstream social **rms as opposed to accentuating the true, diverse beauty of the many different kinds of faces seen around the world.*
SEE ALSO: Snapchat released a**ther racially insensitive filter (http://mashable.com/2016/08/10/yellowface-snapchat-filter/) Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/13/snapchat-beauty-filter-culture/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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The controversial Snapchat filter called out as "yellowface" (http://mashable.com/2016/08/10/yellowface-snapchat-filter/?utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=) by many earlier this week has thrust the popular app's face morphing filters into the spotlight again (http://mashable.com/2016/04/20/snapchat-bob-marley-filter/), with some wondering if the app may be impacting how we see ourselves and others.*
Aside from racially insensitive filters, there's also the matter of Snapchat's (http://mashable.com/category/snapchat/) "beauty" filter and how it may reveal a bias toward a certain kind of look. Specifically, a look that hews more toward western mainstream social **rms as opposed to accentuating the true, diverse beauty of the many different kinds of faces seen around the world.*
SEE ALSO: Snapchat released a**ther racially insensitive filter (http://mashable.com/2016/08/10/yellowface-snapchat-filter/) Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/13/snapchat-beauty-filter-culture/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
More about Samsung S7 (http://mashable.com/category/samsung-s7/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Samsung S6 (http://mashable.com/category/samsung-s6/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Smartphones (http://mashable.com/category/smartphones/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Filters (http://mashable.com/category/filters/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and Ethnicity (http://mashable.com/category/ethnicity/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/hBsbIgq1I_U