FaceApp, the popular photo-filter application, said it is removing new "ethnicity filters" after angry users condemned the update as racist. The feature prompted users to alter selfies with "black," "Indian" and "Asian" filters. "FaceApp's 'ethnicity filters' are a pretty terrible idea. Disturbed/disgusted by FaceApp's new incredibly racist filters. He told CNNMoney that it would be removed on FaceApp servers, so users did not need to update their apps in order to remove the filer option.

Source: CNN August 09, 2017 22:52 UTC