I enabled the option and after reopening the app GIFs play but only after I click them.
Click image, which zooms to occupy full screen, and GIF plays. Go back to thread by closing image and it stops again. \ So basically it plays when full screen but not inline.
They start with CSAM, move to copyright infringement, and end at censorship of those with opposing views.
Once such laws and mechanisms are in place all it takes is the
rightwrong leadership to take it all away to keep us safe.