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I want to see a mockup of the UI that Whatsapp will show for this...

I want to see some quick animation that shows each image sent being inspected for nudity, children, weapons, and a list of other things. I want to see the probability of each item shown to the user. I want the decision thresholds to be shown, and the animation showing the rest of what will happen to them if the threshold is exceeded (ie. "Report to police", "fired from job", "Judge", "Prison").

If whatsapp manage to manage to convey all that in a 3 second animation whenever an image is sent, I think users will baulk and the law will be removed.

In the future sending a WhatsApp text message such as "I stand with Palestine" will have the police knocking at your door with an arrest warrant in hand. I think Germany or the UK will be the first places to implement it. The spirit of the Gestapo and Stasi lives on.

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