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TikTok has announced it will block young users on the social networking platform from using certain beauty filters on photographs.

The filters allow users to edit photos and do things like make people's skin look clearer, their eyes a little bigger or their lips a little fuller.

Some filters also allow users to change their skin color, and it can be hard to see when a photograph has been edited in this way.

People under the age of 18 will be blocked from using these filters, some of which are created by users and others that are made by the app.

TikTok announced the changes after a report by Internet Matters, a children's online safety organization. The organization found that these beauty filters could be damaging to children's mental health because they put young people under pressure to look a certain way.

This can damage children's self-esteem and cause anxiety, experts say.

Christine Grahn from TikTok said on LinkedIn: "If our users don't feel safe, they won't bring their true selves to TikTok and the platform just wouldn't be the same."

One TikTok user told The Guardian in 2022 that she had considered getting cosmetic surgery after a period of using beauty filters on the app.

Fun filters that allow children to add dog noses or rabbit ears to images will still be available to use.

One problem with the ban is that not all users enter their real ages when signing up to TikTok. The company said it would soon be trying out new machine learning systems that could help find out when users had entered the incorrect age.

TikTok is under pressure to stop under 13s from using the platform by giving false dates of birth.

Children's safety charities want all social media sites to do more to make the platforms safe spaces for young people.

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TikTok to Ban Under 18s from Using Beauty Filters

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Today we're talking about the difference between TALK and SPEAK and when we should use each of these words. I hope you find it useful!

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TALK or SPEAK

有yǒu一天yī tiān,小明xiǎo míng的de妈妈mā ma带dài小明xiǎo míng去qù看kàn芭蕾舞bā lěi wǔ表演biǎo yǎn。小明xiǎo míng很hěn喜欢xǐ huān看kàn表演biǎo yǎn，所以suǒ yǐ他tā非常fēi cháng高兴gāo xìng。

但是dàn shì他tā看见kàn jiàn演员yǎn yuán们men都dōu踮diǎn着zhe脚jiǎo跳舞tiào wǔ,就jiù问wèn妈妈mā ma：”妈妈mā ma，演员yǎn yuán踮diǎn着zhe脚jiǎo跳舞tiào wǔ多duō累lèi啊a，他们tā men为什么wèi shén me不bù找zhǎo一些yī xiē高gāo一点儿yī diǎnr的de演员yǎn yuán呢ne?”

妈妈mā ma笑xiào着zhe回答huí dá：”傻shǎ孩子hái zi，芭蕾舞bā lěi wǔ就jiù是shì一yī种zhǒng用yòng脚尖jiǎo jiān跳tiào的de舞蹈wǔ dǎo！”