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A new filter on TikTok allows users to create ‘chubby’ and ‘skinny’ versions of themselves.

TikTok says this AI filter is ‘hilarious’. Not everyone is laughing

A new filter released on TikTok this week has caused alarm among mental health professionals and social media commentators, who have accused users of “mean girl energy”.

  • Laura Roscioli

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How young is too young for a face lift?

When a young Australian woman shared her facelift surgery on TikTok recently, it pointed to a growing interest in plastic surgery among Millennials. But is there any advantage to “preventative ageing” procedures?

  • Lauren Ironmonger
At-home LED light masks are all over TikTok, but do they actually work?

This mask makes you look like Hannibal Lecter, but does it make you look younger?

Red and blue LED light masks have become a staple on TikTok. Actual dermatologists weigh in on whether they’re worth it.

  • Nell Geraets
Kimi Ramnath and Amy Pejkovic are driving women to F1.

Netflix’s Drive to Survive isn’t the only thing pulling women into F1

In season five of the racing docuseries, women spoke for a total of about six minutes, said volunteer researchers. They’re catching up in other ways.

  • Nell Geraets
Anthony Albanese, Abbie Chatfield, Peter Dutton and Sam Fricker.

Soft questions, angry comments: Albanese and Dutton hit the podcast campaign

Albanese and Dutton have embraced a strategy that helped return Trump to the White House: courting influencers who lob soft questions for audiences who don’t follow mainstream news.

  • Nick Bonyhady, Calum Jaspan, Olivia Ireland and Paul Sakkal
Mouth-taping during sleep: get a doctor’s seal of approval first.

Mouth-taping: The latest ‘wellness hack’ inhaling social-media airtime

Plus: get ready for the weekend with these fresh diversions.

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Former prime minister Scott Morrison and a still from a Tiktok video showing the family photo album that was inadvertently given to a charity shop.

Scott Morrison issues plea to return family photo album

Morrison told this masthead the photo album had been accidentally included in a box of items donated to an op-shop. Then it ended up on TikTok.

  • James Massola and Olivia Ireland
The cost of a scrape of Vegemite on your morning toast has climbed by 8 per cent over the past year.

Food for thought: If we are what we eat, I’m probably Vegemite toast

I’m no foodie, but my Instagram feed is the full smorgasbord – as long as someone else is cooking.

  • Kerri Sackville
The TikTok effect … queues where you wouldn’t normally expect them.

I used social media to plan my Paris holiday. Result? Lots of queuing

Paris just closed its last tourist information office, citing social media as a better source. So I decided to put it to the test.

  • Nick Duerden
Candles and flowers are placed at the site of stabbing a day after an attack that left a 14-year-old dead and five others injured.

Austrian knife attack suspect radicalised himself on TikTok within three months, officials say

The case highlights the challenge of preventing so-called lone-wolf attacks, when an attacker acts without outside help.

  • Francois Murphy

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