A Koo in cyberspace! Desi micro-blogging app sees surge in downloads
The app is available in multiple languages, including Kannada, Hindi, Telugu, and Bengali, while other Indian languages are being added soon.
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BENGALURU: In a massive response to Twitter not complying with the Union Government order to block 257 accounts tweeting about “farmer genocide”, desi app from Bengaluru, Koo, India’s own micro-blogging platform, has been seeing a big surge in downloads. Not only key organisations, including the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MEITY), but Union ministers and prominent personalities too have opened accounts on Koo. Piyush Goyal, Minister of Railways and Commerce & Industry, tweeted, “I am now on Koo. Connect with me on this Indian micro-blogging platform for real-time, exciting and exclusive updates. Let us exchange our thoughts and ideas on Koo.”
Kangana Ranaut threatens to leave Twitter, says will join homegrown Koo
Kangana threatened to leave Twitter after the social media site issued a statement saying that it will not take action against accounts that consist of news media entities, journalists, activists, and politicians
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Actress Kangana Ranaut
Bollywood actress Kangana Ranaut on Wednesday threatened to leave Twitter, stating that she will soon join the indigenous Twitter-like app Koo. Kangana threatened to leave Twitter after the social media site issued a statement saying that it will not take action against accounts that consist of news media entities, journalists, activists, and politicians. Twitter had been asked by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) to block a number of accounts over the ongoing farmer protests in the country.
IT Ministry organisations move to microblogging platform Koo, as government mulls action against Twitter
The Ministry of Electronics and IT had served a notice asking Twitter to block around 257 tweets and Twitter accounts that had been tweeting about the farmer protests.
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The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology and a dozen of its organisations have moved to a homegrown Twitter-alternative platform called
Koo after the microblogging giant failed to respond to a notice filed by the government last week.
The government is also mulling suspending Twitter in India for some time to put pressure on the social media giant to respond to its directive. It may lodge an FIR soon too, experts and sources inside the government told
In the past few weeks, a number of social networking giants have found themselves in hot water in India, with the likes of WhatsApp accused of sharing private data. As.
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