It's been this way for years... no photos on board or in flight... unless you are one of the EK corp comms pets wherein you can post as many vacuous selfies as you like...
I once recall one "Be There ambassador" posting up a pic that she was off to LA in F with one pax so easy flight etc... wherein a bunch of crew called her out in the comments to say according to iCrew she was actually on a Karachi...
double standards everywhere in that place, from how staff travel desk treat you vs other departments, office staff not responding to calls yet us expected to reply to emails even while away on trips... get used to It, it will only get worse