Business Insider Criticizes Skin-Lightening Phone Camera Filters

[IAMX 3,055]

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In an article for Business Insider, Shona Ghosh criticized phone camera filters that whiten the faces of those in pictures.

“Popular smartphones like the Samsung Galaxy S8, the Galaxy S7, the Huawei P9, and many others often feature something called ‘Beauty’ or ‘Beauty mode’ when you turn on the front camera to take a selfie,” explained Ghosh. “Theoretically, it does what it says on the tin: airbrushing magic to make you look prettier in photos. Usually, it makes your skin look smoother and your eyes brighter. When I played around with Beauty mode on my Huawei P9, I found it also whitened my skin. It’s especially noticeable on anyone who’s dark-skinned, like I am.”

In the article, Ghosh then provided the results of similar filters from different mobile phones, including the Huawei P9, Huawei P10, Moto G5, Sony Xperia X, and Samsung S7 Edge.

Using various filters, Ghosh provided the original and the edited photos of her face side-by-side, and demonstrated that many of the “beauty” or “soft skin” filters lightened her skin.

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“The most dramatic I found were the filters you apply after you’ve taken a selfie. You can turn up how soft your skin appears or … how white you are,” Ghosh proclaimed. “All of this is particularly difficult for dark-skinned women who have to contend with the fact that some Asian, South Asian and African cultures already view their complexion negatively. We don’t need our phones to do it too.”

 

http://www.breitbart.com/tech/2017/08/03/business-insider-criticizes-whitening-phone-camera-filter/

 

Ugh, such a racist bunch of companies, giving filters to the people that want them.

 

And the concept of not using the filters if you don't like them? Nonsense. Must force others to conform to my subjective beliefs or else SJWs shower them with tears and cries of bigotry. 

 

[bcking 3,157]

http://uk.businessinsider.com/samsung-huawei-smartphone-beauty-filters-whiten-your-skin-2017-8?r=US&IR=T

 

You should go to the original article. The "comparison" photo for the Huawei P9 is quite hilarious. Apparently you can "dial up" the thinness of your face so you end up looking like a cartoon.

 

A filter that just makes you more pale and thinner shouldn't be called a "beauty filter", which is I think her primary point. She takes it a little far and honestly a lot of the comparison photos she provides aren't that impressive (after the first 2 or so).

Edited August 4, 2017 by bcking

[smilesammich 10,727]

1 hour ago, IAMX said:

 

 

And the concept of not using the filters if you don't like them? Nonsense. Must force others to conform to my subjective beliefs or else SJWs shower them with tears and cries of bigotry. 

 

 

you know, you can apply that same line of thinking to opinions. you don't like what ghosh wrote in business insider about these filters, well..don't read it. but then you've got that pesky breitbart telling you why you should be upset over someone else voicing their opinion..

 

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Perhaps Ghosh shouldn’t be surprised when electronics from Asia include features that will be popular with asian people. If she doesn’t like the results of photo filters and “beauty modes,” she can make the easiest choice of all… not using them.

free thinking!

[Amica Nostra 4,803]

thinking a little more orange on my pics would be nice

[smilesammich 10,727]

40 minutes ago, Il Mango Dulce said:

thinking a little more orange on my pics would be nice

[The Nature Boy 7,659]

camera filters are now racist. Awesome 

[smilesammich 10,727]

11 minutes ago, Nature Boy Flair said:

camera filters are now racist. Awesome 

it's brietbart's premise. not my fault trump is orange.

[IAMX 3,055]

1 hour ago, Nature Boy Flair said:

camera filters are now racist. Awesome 

You just don't understand white privilege.. 

[Amica Nostra 4,803]

9 hours ago, smilesammich said:

hmm...are oompa loompas a race?