Certain face-augmenting filters have been banned in Illinois and Texas. (Photo: Matt Cardy/Getty Images) Selfies started to look a little different for certain Texas and Illinois Instagram users in ...

The controversial Snapchat filter called out as "yellowface" by many earlier this week has thrust the popular app's face morphing filters into the spotlight again, with some wondering if the app may ...

Meta has announced third-party augmented reality (AR) filters will no longer be available on its apps as of January 2025.

As research highlighting how beauty filters can have a damaging effect on mental health grows, calls for social media companies to makes changes are finally being heard. Last week, TikTok – which is ...

The Maybelline beauty app lets you use different facial filters in meetings. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Microsoft Teams ...

In an intriguing fusion of beauty and technology, Microsoft Teams is pushing the boundaries of conventional virtual interaction with the introduction of the Maybelline Beauty app, a result of an ...

Seemingly out of nowhere, video conferencing app Zoom has rendered pretty much all other forms of communicating obsolete, leaving everyone to wonder about those funny Zoom backgrounds, what's ...

I’m not a selfie guy. Raising my hand and pointing my phone at my own face never quite felt natural to me. Sure, I’ve done it a bunch of times, but it never really got any less awkward. It never felt ...

Users noticed what appeared to be a beauty filter they hadn't requested—and which they couldn't turn off. “That’s not my face,” Tori Dawn thought after opening TikTok to make a video in late May. The ...