TIKTOKER EXPOSES HOW INFLUENCERS EDIT AND DISTORT THEIR VIDEOS

This 23-year-old TikToker has made it her mission to expose the truth behind all those perfect photos and videos on social media.

A recent report by the Wall Street Journal revealed that Facebook and Instagram’s influencer culture is especially damaging to teen girls. About 32% of teen girls said when they felt insecure about their bodies, Instagram made them feel even worse. Sophie, aka @residualdata, is showing her 72,000 TikTok followers how to navigate the distorted reality presented on social media.

In a typical post, Sophie pulls photos and videos from influencers and campaigns to explain how they’ve been edited. The point isn’t to blame and shame women who use filters and edits. Rather, it’s to show people that these perfect bodies don’t really exist without the help of technology. So you really should not feel bad for not looking a certain way when it’s physically impossible to do so.

On August 16, she responded to a viral fashion video that was circulating on Douyin (Chinese TikTok).