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The Facetune Epidemic


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Has photoshop on social media gone too far? Today, we’re discussing a new proposed law in the UK that would force social media influences and advertisers to label their online images which were digitally edited. A similar law already exists in France, which is aimed to stop unrealistic portrayals of beauty on social media platforms. So is this the answer? We are diving into the research around it, and the impact social media is having on our well-being.

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The research links can be found here –

https://guilfordjournals.com/doi/10.1521/jscp.2018.37.10.751
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0165032716309442
https://time.com/collection/guide-to-happiness/4882372/social-media-facebook-instagram-unhappy/
https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/53933501
https://www.techtimes.com/articles/252333/20200907/charity-urges-influencers-to-label-digitally-altered-images-in-instagram-as-half-of-young-women-use-filters-to-show-their-perfect-image.htm
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-54003536

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