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 4, 2022 · By Nikhil Inamdar BBC Business Correspondent Can Indian microblogging app Koo beat Twitter? That's certainly the goal, according to co-founder Mayank Bidawatka, who says Koo expects to...
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Feb 10, 2021 · Launched in March 2020, Koo, is a social media app developed by Bengaluru-based Bombinate Technologies Private Limited as India's answer to Twitter. Users can post opinions on Koo publicly with a character limit of 400 and follow other users as well. One can also post audio or video-based posts. A feed shows posts from other users.
History Initial growth According to statistics provided by analytics provider Sensor Tower, Koo saw 26 lakh (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.
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Feb 11, 2021 · On Tuesday, the government of India began a dedicated endorsement of the homegrown microblogging app Koo in the wake of its stand-off with Twitter regarding a matter of blocking accounts of those tweeting “inflammatory" content.
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Jun 1, 2021 · In 2014, Modi announced his first election victory on Twitter before anywhere else. “India has won!” he tweeted, in a post that became the most retweeted tweet in India at the time. His victory marked a win for the platform too: Twitter used the election as an opportunity to reach out to all political parties in an effort to bring the world ...
Nov 16, 2021 · Advertisement 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...
Sep 2, 2021 · Koo, India's alternative to Twitter Inc., has surged past 10 million users to narrow the gap with the U.S. microblogging site after its repeated clashes with the local government over the past few months. The 16-month-old app, which allows users to send tweet-like posts in English and seven Indian languages such as Hindi and Kannada, has seen ...
Feb 10, 2021 · New Delhi: The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology Wednesday took to micro-blogging site Koo, to respond to Twitter’s blogpost on blocking some accounts on the orders of the Indian government. “Upon the request of Twitter seeking a meeting with the Govt., the Secretary IT was to engage with senior management of Twitter.