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Mar 24, 2021 · In this report, we characterize Koo, a multilingual micro-blogging site that rose in popularity in 2021, as an Indian alternative to Twitter.
This paper presents the largest publicly available Koo dataset, spanning from the platform’s founding in early 2020 to September 2023, providing detailed metadata for 72M posts, 75M comments, 40M shares, 284M likes and 1.4M user profiles.
In this paper, we characterize Koo, a multilingual micro-blogging site that rose in popularity in 2021, as an Indian alternative to Twitter.
- Twitter vs The Indian Government
- Modi's 'Mass Censorship'
- So What Is Koo and Why Should We Care?
- So Can It Succeed?
Twitter has become embroiled in one of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's biggest political challenges since he took office. Widespread protests against new laws that would deregulatesome areas of India's agriculture sector have riled government ministers who have said misinformation has fuelled resistance to the reforms. The Indian government c...
Nikhil Pahwa, a digital rights activist and the founder of MediaNama.com, said the government's demands had been shrouded in secrecy and had fallen under a complex area of Indian law. "Twitter has seemingly violated the government's orders under this law ... but if the matter was to go to court, then it would give us room for transparency around th...
What makes Koo particularly appealing in a multilingual country such as India is that it is already operating in five languages and plans to introduce 12 more. It was launched in March last year by a duo of well-known start-up entrepreneurs, who claim to have 3 million downloads and 1 million active users —still significantly fewer than Twitter's 1...
"It takes a democracy to create a debate, it takes a debate for a platform to flourish," Mr Pahwa said. "If Koo is going to be just right-wing focused, and there's only one side on it, then I guess it will become an echo chamber and there'll be no-one to fight," he said. The move to Koo is seen by some as an effort to wean off overseas apps and onl...
- Sean Mantesso
Nov 16, 2021 · In the months since Twitter’s feud with the government, a parade of Indian cabinet ministers, government agencies and right-wing celebrities have opened accounts on Koo to support a homegrown...
From February 6 to February 11, the installations of Koo increased rapidly. The app increased in popularity after a weeklong standoff between Twitter and the Government of India over Twitter's refusal to block accounts during the 2020–2021 Indian farmers' protest.
Feb 14, 2021 · BBC Reality Check. A little yellow chick is gaining prominence in India as a result of tensions between Twitter and the Indian government. Koo, a new microblogging app, is being used by...
