Norway just passed a law that will require influencers to admit when their photos are edited

[Norway just passed a law that will require influencers to admit when their photos are edited]( The age of Instagram and the ubiquitousness of photo editing tools that can completely change the way you look—on a screen, at least—have made body image issues even trickier to navigate than they already were. While "perfect" model bodies used to be the Photoshopped domain of magazines and print ads, now anyone with a smartphone can manipulate their image to be more or less curvy, lean, muscular—whatever the "in" body type is at any given moment. The problem is that young people see such images and then look in the mirror. Faced with the reality of a human body in all of its normal imperfections, it's easy to feel down on what you look like, especially when it doesn't match the (highly edited) ideal version of a human body your favorite influencer shares in her Insta feed. At least one country is taking action on the issue in an attempt to assuage some of the damage such comparisons can cause. [Read the Story]( [After racist tirade, a man challenged critics to show up at his house. Over 100 people did.]( Edward Cagney Mathews, 45, of Mount Laurel, New Jersey, went on a racist tirade against a Black neighbor on Friday, and video of the incident went viral. During the altercation, Mathews hurls epithets at his neighbor calling him a "monkey" and the n-word. Mathews also bumps chests with the man who pushes him back. At one point, Mathews told the Black man to "Learn your laws… it's not Africa." Eventually, police showed up at the scene and broke up the altercation. Mathews is then seen challenging the person who filmed the incident to "come see me" and to "bring whoever." He also provided his address. Three days after the incident, people followed Mathews' directions and showed up in front of his house. By Monday morning, dozens of protestors were outside chanting "We want Edward!" That evening, the protest had drawn over 100 people. [Read the Story]( [Multiple drivers pull over to make sure Black woman stopped by cops is safe: 'Not today']( A TikTok video showed people pulling over to the side of a busy highway to show their support for a young Black woman who had been stopped by the police. A TikToker who posted the video said 4-5 officers had stopped a woman for a traffic violation and drew their guns on her. The woman was screaming for help, so a small group of people took out their phones and began filming the cops to let them know they were being watched, said the TikToker, Sheni. The incident reflected people's deep mistrust of police officers, and with good reason. When George Floyd was killed by a cop in May 2020, the Minneapolis Police department first reported, "Man Dies After Medical Incident During Police Interaction." They had failed to mention that Derek Chauvin had knelt on Floyd's neck for more than nine minutes, thus killing him. It was a video filmed by 17-year-old Darnella Frazier that revealed what had happed and eventually led to the officer being fired from his job, found guilty of murder, and sentenced to 22 and a half years in prison. [Read the Story]( [Somebody created a Roomba for dog poop and the world will never be the same]( Seventeen years ago, Ben Stiller and Jack Black teamed up in a forgettable comedy called "Envy" about two guys who are best friends, neighbors, and co-workers at 3M. However, their relationship sours when Black's character becomes wildly successful after inventing the Vapoorizer. The Vapoorizer is a powerful spray that makes dog poop mysteriously vanish. Although the invention seemed pretty unlikely at the time it made countless dog owners fantasize about a magical day when they're liberated from having to pick up after their pets. [Read the Story]( [Four lessons the U.S. can take from Iceland's hugely successful 4-day workweek trial]( The country of Iceland has released the analysis of its 4-day work week experiment and the results speak for themselves. The trials run by Reykjavík City Council and the national government took place from 2015 to 2019 and included about 1% of Iceland's working population, making it the world's largest shortened workweek trial to date. The findings show that paying people the same amount to work fewer hours per week results in a happier, healthier workforce with similar or increased productivity. Who knew? [Read the Story]( Let's be social! [Facebook]( [Instagram]( [Website]( [Twitter]( [LinkedIn]( Copyright © 2021 GOOD | Upworthy, All rights reserved. 1370 N St Andrews Pl, Los Angeles, CA 90028 You can [update your preferences]( or [unsubscribe from this list](.