Zuckerberg accused of OK'ing Insta plastic surgery filters despite fears of harm to kids

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been accused of vetoing a proposed ban of Instagram and Facebook image filters that simulate the effects of plastic surgery, despite being told that such software may cause mental harm for children. This allegation surfaced on Monday in a mostly unredacted version of the lawsuit [PDF] filed in …

[Groo The Wanderer]

So start a class action, you win, they get slapped with a couple of hundred million dollar fine that they pay with 45 seconds of revenue and nothing ever changes...

[Anonymous Coward]

Who needs a filter?

Just do an image search for "Frankenstein's Monster" and you'll be presented with plenty of examples (all of which are more representative of the likely outcome of surgery than any filter could possibly be).

[Ian Johnston]

Re: Who needs a filter?

Jocelyn Wildenstein and Mike Jeffries for a start.

[An_Old_Dog]

Video Filter Effects

So do these video filters make a person look as if they have perfectly-symmetrical ultra-white teeth, Arnold Schwarzenegger muscles, Paris HIlton breasts, etc.?

[YetAnotherACUser]

Re: Video Filter Effects

Yes, all at the same time and in the same person...

[Triggerfish]

Re: Video Filter Effects

They're very good. This is from a few years back and I am sure it's improved.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/globalnews.ca/news/7730617/gender-swap-influencer-japan-woman-man/amp/

[Anonymous Coward]

Damaged kids?

Too late.

That happened the day they were introduced to social media.

[CowHorseFrog]

The solution is simple, make those that approve these actions criminally responsible. Money doesnt hurt them, time in jail will.

[Julian 8]

What do you expect from a robot

afterall, look at his expressions - pure plastic.

Of course he cannot see the issue

[abend0c4]

I respect your call on this and I’ll support it...

Nice to see someone sticking to their principles.

[TaabuTheCat]

Re: I respect your call on this and I’ll support it...

Principles? She's heard of them. I'm actually surprised she survived even this mild level of criticism. Being a "yes man" (or woman) who pledges loyalty to these psychopaths is table stakes these days if you want to hold onto that sweet, sweet paycheck. Corrupt from the top down.

[Andy The Hat]

Why single out Meta?

The media is full of "pump this with Botox", "Fill it with collagen", "suck it out", "whiten it with bleach", "you're not orange enough!", "have as bigger bum", "have a smaller bum", "whatever size it it, it's wrong ..." and has been for many, many years. There were court case against magazines (remember those?) back in the day about the unnatural portrayal of women promoting eating disorders.

So why is Meta any different?

[User McUser]

Re: Why single out Meta?

It's one thing to see *other* people who conform to nearly impossible beauty standards but it is another thing entirely to see pictures of YOU that are literally remade and adjusted to fit those standards.

And then you turn the phone off and the self-perceived fat, ugly loser in the mirror is still there... ( ╯︿╰ )

[Grogan]

Oh come on... photo editing is now banned because of the "think of the children" mentality? Of all the exploitative shit on social media, all the things that kids do to harass each other, they are complaining about a photo editing filter?

[Anonymous Coward]

WeChat's been doing it for years

Photo editing is really popular on Chinese WeChat.

One thing I will say: doing it in software is definitely less risk than doing it in hardware (chemicals and surgery).

Maybe they should make software to simulate tattoos as well, so the kids don't have to get those for real?