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Feb 10, 2021 · Koo, an Indian alternative to Twitter, has become the talk of the town as it promotes Aatmanirbhar Bharat by offering a a Twitter-like experience, but in Indian languages. It is available as an app on both iOS and Android, and also has a webpage. Koo is the winner of the government's Aatmanirbhar Bharat app challenge from 2020.
Feb 10, 2021 · NEW DELHI, Feb 10 (Reuters) - Indian social-media app Koo is witnessing a surge in popularity, fuelled by politicians and others flocking to it after U.S. rival Twitter Inc
Feb 10, 2021 · NEW DELHI, Feb 10 (Reuters) - U.S. social media giant Twitter (TWTR.N) locked horns with India on Wednesday saying a government order to remove some accounts was not consistent with Indian law ...
Koo is an Indian microblogging and social networking service, owned by Bangalore -based Bombinate Technologies. [3] [4] [5] It was co-founded by entrepreneurs Aprameya Radhakrishna and Mayank Bidawatka. The app was launched in early 2020; it won the government's Atmanirbhar App Innovation Challenge which selected the best apps from some 7,000 ...
Koo was founded in March 2020 as a multi-lingual micro-blogging platform in Indian languages and boasts over 15 million users, including people of eminence. Available in multiple Indian languages ...
- 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...
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Aug 26, 2021 · By Balakumar K. published 26 August 2021. In just around 17 months. (Image credit: Koo) Twitter's rival in India, Koo has crossed 1 crore (10 million) downloads in the short period...
