New Delhi | Homegrown micro-blogging platform Koo on Friday announced four new features — 10 profile pictures, save a Koo, schedule a Koo and save drafts. In a statement, the platform said that the “10 profile pictures” feature will allow users to upload up to 10 images which can be auto-played when someone visits the user’s […]
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Koo publishes compliance report for June under new IT rules
New Delhi | Homegrown microblogging platform Koo on Thursday became the first Indian social media platform to publicly publish its compliance report following the new Information Technology (IT) guidelines. The report in compliance with the new Information Technology (IT) Rules, 2021 (Guidelines for Intermediaries and Digital Media Ethics Code) for June 2021 shows that of the […]
Nigerian govt joins India’s Koo after banning Twitter
New Delhi | After banning micro-blogging site Twitter indefinitely, the Nigerian government has officially joined the Indian social media app Koo, the co-founder of Koo said on Thursday. “The official handle of the government of Nigeria is now on Koo!” Aprameya Radhakrishna, Co-founder and Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Koo, wrote on its platform while announcing […]
Twitter-rival Koo surpasses 40 lakh users in a jiffy
New Delhi | Homegrown Twitter-like platform Koo has garnered over 10 lakh new users in just one week, surpassing the 40 lakh-figure in nearly 10 months of its arrival, as Twitter was caught in crosshairs with the Indian government over its direction to remove nearly 1,400 controversial accounts. Koo, a favourite among several Union ministers, including […]
Twitter rival Koo woos Indian users amid data leak row
New Delhi: Homegrown, vernacular microblogging platform Koo, which has emerged as a favourite among a section of users who want to quit Twitter, has found itself in the midst of several controversies including a data leak row and Chinese investment. These issues have emerged at a time when the platform is trying to keep its systems […]
IT Ministry replies to Twitter, via homegrown app Koo
New Delhi: The war between Twitter and the Indian government intensified on Wednesday after the IT Ministry went to the homegrown Twitter-like platform called “Koo” to reply to Jack Dorsey-led platform, saying this is unusual for the micro-blogging platform to release a blog post over the removal of several accounts related to farmers’ protests. Twitter on […]