“Candidate Candidate” was withdrawn from Tiktok after the user’s reverse reaction

The viral filter that made people appear weight gain from Tiktok was removed, after the BBC stated that it had ignited a wave of user’s criticism.

The AI, known as the “Candidal Candidate”, took a picture of a person and modified its appearance to look as if it was putting over.

Many people shared their photos “before and after” on the platform with jokes about their differences – however, others said it was a form of “physical shame” and should not be allowed.

Experts also warned that the candidate may nourish the “toxic diet culture” via the Internet and may contribute to eating disorders.

Tiktok said the candidate has been uploaded by Capcut, which is separate from Tiktok but has the same parent company, bytedance.

Tiktok also told the BBC that it is reviewing the downloaded videos on the application that used the effect, and it was not eligible to obtain the recommendation and prohibit it from teenagers’ accounts.

Any videos added to the community guidelines – for example by displaying bullying or harassment – will be removed.

Sadi, who had 66,000 followers on Tijok, was one of those who claim a “average” candidate to be banned.

“It is definitely a step in the right direction,” she said.

“I am happy that Tiktok did it, because in the end social media should be a fun and enjoyable place, and not in a place where you are intimidated in order to look,” The 29 -year -old said Bristol.

She said that she had contacted her with women who said they had deleted Tijak from their phones because the trend made them feel bad towards themselves.

Dr. Emma Pique, a food and nutritionist, told the BBC, she felt that the trend was a “big step” in terms of stigma.

She said: “They are just the same ancient wrong stereotypes about people in larger, well -known bodies, and something that must be avoided strongly,” she said.

She warned against having a broad social effect.

“Fear of weight gain contributes to eating disorders and dissatisfaction with the body, it nourishes the culture of the toxic diet, which makes people obsessed with food and exercises in unhealthy ways and open them to fraud products and meals.”

Before withdrawing the application, the British Broadcasting Corporation spoke to a number of Tiktok users who said they were uncomfortable with the candidate.

Nina, who lives in North Wales, said that she felt that she was feeding on “narration” spread over the Internet to link people’s appearance with their own appreciation.

“This is a poisonous view I thought we were moving about,” she said.

“If the candidate is clearly offensive, he must be removed,” she told the BBC.

Emma, ​​who lives in Air, agreed.

“My first idea when I saw” a fat filter “is how harmful it is.

“People used to say mainly that they seemed disgusting because they were” full “and as a curved woman, which appeared mainly like” photo “on this candidate, it was frustrated for me.

Written by Jessica Sherwood, BBC Social News

Filters – that use artificial intelligence to treat a person’s appearance – common in Tiktok.

Many are not harmful – for example one popular direction that makes him look as if the person was made of Lego.

Some of the most popular videos using the candidate I loved tens of thousands of times.

For the purpose of this article, I used the candidate on myself.

I felt incredible.

As a very positive person in the body and has struggled with his self -image in the past, its use cannot be far from the way I personally use social media and I was unhappy because Tiktok pushed it to me in the first place.

This filter appeared on the Tiktok page “for you” on the last day, although not participating in any healthy weight content.

After I watched the video and read the comments, Tiktok started suggesting similar videos from other people using the candidate, and until another where AI can turn you.

Fortunately, it also started to show the showers of the creators who criticize this trend, and whom we spoke to in this article.

Artificial intelligence photos and filters have become common on Tiktok and quickly accepted to use fun – in the same way that you may remember some Gen -ZS and Millennials Snapchat filters.

But such filters, although they may look enjoyable, can be very harmful to a person’s mental health and encourage them to compare themselves not only with others, but an unrealistic version of themselves.