Third of UK girls will not post selfies online without altering appearance – survey

Around half of girls and young women regularly alter their photos to enhance their appearance online and ‘find acceptance’, a Girlguiding survey found (Peter Byrne/PA)

A third of girls will not post selfies online without using a filter or app to change their appearance, while a similar proportion have deleted photos with too few “likes” or comments, research in the UK has found.

Around half of girls and young women regularly alter their photos to enhance their appearance online and “find acceptance”, Girlguiding’s annual Girls’ Attitudes survey found.