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Feb 14, 2021 · By Shruti Menon. 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...
Feb 13, 2021 · 13 February 2021. By Shruti Menon,BBC Reality Check. BBC. The Koo logo is becoming an increasingly common sight on Indian phones. A little yellow chick is gaining prominence in India as a...
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Nov 16, 2021 · A decade after Twitter emerged into a globe-spanning hotbed of speech that helped fuel protest movements including the Arab Spring, the rise of Koo is a reflection of the global reckoning...
- Twitter and India
- What’s Koo?
- Moving to A New Platform
- Koo’s Opportunities
- Is Koo’s Shortcoming Its Biggest Opportunity?
- Koo’s Co-Existence with Twitter
Despite being a smaller social network than the likes of Facebook, Instagram, or TikTok, Twitter has always generated a lot of conversation globally, thanks to high-profile personalities posting announcements and breaking news on the platform, from world leaders to business bigwigs. The platform has been proactive in taking action against users vio...
The app was the winner of the government’sAtmanirbhar’ (‘self-reliant’ in Hindi) challenge that challenged local developers to make world-class apps. As a result, the new social network is now being promoted by various government authorities. The app works pretty much like Twitter. You have your timeline, people to follow, and posts (Koos?). You ca...
It’s not only right-leaning people who’ve attempted to shift platforms. In 2019, Twitter restricted or blocked accounts of activists from minority castes. This sparked outrage amongst users and they started to leave the platform, and urged others to boycott the social network and join rival Mastodon. However, most users returned to Twitter, and Mas...
While Koo is currently a Twitter look-alike, government support and local language creators could boost the platform and help it gain traction across India. One of the main differentiators is that you can choose to see posts in a single language. That’s important in the Indian market, because people living in smaller cities and towns are more likel...
Currently, it doesn’t have an extensive privacy policy or community guidelines. And this could lead to the proliferation of toxic and hateful posts. While the company’s co-founder, Aprameya Radhakrishna, said in an interview that Koo doesn’t lean left or right on the political spectrum, the platform is currently filled with nationalistic posts. Des...
India presently has more than 600 million internet users — that’s less than half of its population. American companies such as Twitter and Facebook have captured the majority of the local English-speaking population in the country. However, Indian companies such as ShareChat and DailyHunt have relied on local languages to gain userbase. Last year’s...
Feb 10, 2021 · 3 Min Read. NEW DELHI (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 refused to...
History. Initial growth. According to statistics provided by analytics provider Sensor Tower, Koo saw 2.6 million installs from Indian app stores in 2020, compared to 2.8 crore (28 million) installs observed for Twitter. From February 6 to February 11, the installations of Koo increased rapidly.
Feb 18, 2021 · 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 deregulate some areas of India's agriculture sector have riled government ministers who have said misinformation has fuelled resistance to the reforms.