To be fair, it's gotten to such a level that it has inverted and become increasingly impressive.
Anyone on telegram who can jump in and snag the video? Deepfake?
This is CSS.
You're probably better off getting a browser add-on that lets you block images, but if you could find a browser add-on that injects the CSS into every page, yeah, it would work.
The CSS just stops the image from being displayed though. A browser extension could actually prevent your computer from downloading them to begin with.