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the only way to get back on the system is buying a new iPhone or Android

Guess they haven't heard that trusting the client is a poor security model. I can think of about 10 ways to make a web app think I have a new phone.

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Let's hope, then, that you do not choose to share violent, nude photos of yourself. For most people, though, I think this is an adequate (and, in my opinion, not too harsh) deterrent.

I think that the negative reaction is based on the lack of a check or balance. If I swipe a picture of you petting your puppy and call it a hate crime, and you get banned, what's the recourse?

What's to stop somebody like me from going album to album and flagging things?

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