Participants in the trend used an AI-driven tool, created by a user on the editing app CapCut, to alter themselves to look ...

A viral filter which made people appear overweight has been removed from TikTok, after the BBC reported it had sparked a wave ...

TikTok users have told the BBC they think a viral tool which makes people appear overweight should be banned from the ...

We've seen various AI filters trending on TikTok in recent months, from one that turns you into Lego, to another that mimics ...

The filter comes amid discourse around the decline of body positivity and representation in fashion and online spaces.

TikTok has withdrawn a controversial filter that allowed users to alter their photos to make themselves look heavier. Each AI-filtered video on the app follows the same pattern. It starts with an ...

Filters - which use AI to manipulate a person's appearance - are common on TikTok. Many are harmless - for example one popular trend makes it appear as if a person was made out of Lego.