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> WhatsApp could do so much more to help out but the only thing they did was to mark the "forwarded" messages. And even that was a half-hearted attempt. Small grey text on a white background which is very easy to miss. Pffftt...

See now that we see concrete demands now we can say whether we can agree. I can absolutely get behind UI hints to help navigate users. I am not an expert on this topic. I can see how things I think of being logical or even "obvious" are anything but. I've been wrong more times

> Temporary fixes are necessary to abate the violence and the Indian police has demonstrated the value of these fixes in riot hit areas by cutting off the internet access and the situation is brought rapidly under control.

Sorry, this is a hard no for me. BART did it. You don't want to go down this road.

> Of course the end-to-end encryption would be an issue.

You don't want to go down this road either. Once again, this "solves" the wrong problem. Be very wary of anyone who claims that weakening encryption is essential to security, short-term or long-term.