new rules

It is stated that the changes will be implemented now in the coming weeks. In addition to banning individual filters for teenagers, the company also plans to make such filters better recognized by viewers. Simply put, now it will be easier for you to find out that the author of the video applied this or that effect to himself, for example, to change the shape of the face. According to the news of 24 Kanal, the application will show exactly what has been corrected in the video, referring to the TikTok press release.

• Age restrictions won’t apply to filter effects that are “designed to be obvious and fun,” like adding animal ears or comically exaggerating certain facial features, the press release said.
• These changes are likely to improve effects like Bold Glamor, which gives users smoother skin, longer eyelashes, and slimmer facial features that may be harder to detect.

An example of filters that change the face and superimpose it in a very realistic way thanks to neural networks: video

TikTok’s leading safety and well-being expert in Europe, Dr. Nikki Su said: Age restrictions for appearance-altering effects will apply worldwide.

The changes come in response to a report from Internet Matters, a nonprofit focused on children’s online safety, which found that “beautifying filters contribute to a distorted worldview in which perfect images are the norm.” Children often fail to recognize when an image has been altered and face “significant social pressure” to appear a certain way online and constantly compare themselves to these “ideal” people, the report says.