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Feb 13, 2021 · Indian ministries are now favouring Koo as their chosen means of communication. Last month a local television station, Republic TV, announced an editorial partnership with Koo. Arnab Goswami ...
- 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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Feb 14, 2021 · Earlier this month, Koo's parent company, Bombinate Technologies based in Bangalore, raised $4.1m (£3m) in funding for the project. One of its principal backers is Mohandas Pai, well-known in ...
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 growing ...
Feb 4, 2022 · Koo was thrust into the spotlight last year as an alternative to Twitter amid a row between the Indian government and the US microblogging platform. Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government asked ...
Jun 24, 2021 · With the Koo app having 6 million users compared to Twitter’s reported 152 million daily active users in 2019, even the Nigerian government’s enthusiastic uptake of the app can only push it so ...
