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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...
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...
- 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...
Nov 16, 2021 · A decade after Twitter emerged as an international platform and helped fuel protest movements that brought down leaders during the Arab Spring, the growth of Koo is a reflection of the...
Sep 2, 2021 · Updated on: Aug 21 2022, 20:01 IST. Twitter vs Koo: The Indian app, which allows users to send tweet-like posts in English and 7 Indian languages, has seen about 85% of its users join since...
Feb 11, 2021 · At a time when the Indian government and Twitter have locked horns over free speech on social media platforms, Koo – a homegrown app modelled along the lines of the US -based microblogging...