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How social media filters impact mental health
ABC Newsâ Erielle Reshef examines the hidden mental health impact of augmenting reality through the use of social media beauty filters.ABC
Camera filters, powered by augmented reality, or AR, are at nearly everyone's fingertips. Opening a smartphone and downloading any one of an array of free apps can give anyone the instant power to create unreal images that have never looked more real.
While there are plenty of filters to turn a person into something cute, goofy or even scary, there are some that make a person look thinner, have larger eyes or lips or whiten their teeth.