# Reporter on Facebook accidentally turns on his face generator.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reporter-on-facebook-accidentally-turns-on-his-face-generator/848558>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [February 26, 2020, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reporter-on-facebook-accidentally-turns-on-his-face-generator/848558 "2020-02-26T16:34:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2020, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reporter-on-facebook-accidentally-turns-on-his-face-generator/848558/1 "2020-02-26T16:34:19Z")

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A reporter doing a news feed on Facebook Live accidentally turned on his face generator filter without knowing it with hilarious results.

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/co7-Ic53_KA/hqdefault.jpg "Watch this reporter accidentally go live on Facebook with face filter generator activated") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=co7-Ic53_KA)

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**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2020, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reporter-on-facebook-accidentally-turns-on-his-face-generator/848558/2 "2020-02-26T18:43:33Z")

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I don’t think it was an accident, but I nevertheless LOL’d.

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**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2020, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reporter-on-facebook-accidentally-turns-on-his-face-generator/848558/3 "2020-02-26T20:38:04Z")

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Pretty funny.

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**Author:** ![VOW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vow/32/3043_2.png) [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2020, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reporter-on-facebook-accidentally-turns-on-his-face-generator/848558/4 "2020-02-26T21:41:41Z")

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That was great!  
~VOW

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**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2020, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reporter-on-facebook-accidentally-turns-on-his-face-generator/848558/5 "2020-02-26T21:46:23Z")

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Could be worse:

[Pakistan government meeting streamed on Facebook Live with cat filter turned on](https://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/ny-cat-filter-facebook-pakistan-government-stream-20190616-mdui26uxjfhhfhyxtkhxmwjkd4-story.html)