TikTok Will Ban Use Of Beauty Filters For Minors

Ban on filter usage on TikTok (photo: dock. unsplash)

JAKARTA TikTok is again limiting features for minors. In the near future, TikTok users in the UK and the European Union who have not yet reached legal age will not be able to access beauty filters.

The ban is based on the adverse effects of beauty filters. According to research by Dr Jasmine Farhadouly, a beauty expert from the University of New South Wales, beauty filters can affect beauty standards that are unlikely to be achieved for the younger generation.

"This promotes ideal beauty that cannot be achieved by you," said Fardouly, quoted from 9to5mac. "That can't be achieved by anyone, really, because no one looks like that. Everyone's faces are made to look exactly the same."

TikTok seems to agree with the results of the study. In the coming weeks, TikTok will strictly ban the use of beauty filters for children aged 13 to 17 years. This ban is likely to take effect around the world in stages.

TikTok users who fall into the category of children will not be able to use filters to change their eye size, thicken their lips, or even change skin tone. Filters like this are only permitted for adults.

This restriction will also apply to the 'Bold Glamour' filter, the name for the filter that changes the facial feature which is certainly different from the filter using makeup. That way, children have no desire to change the shape of their faces.

This ban may make children increasingly limited in accessing the TikTok platform. However, the platform believes that underage users don't have enough mental stability to sort out good and bad things on social media.