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In a big push for global expansion, Indian social media major and evolving Twitter-rival Koo has launched services in Nigeria where the Government has indefinitely suspended twitter s services,
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Announcing the development, Koo s co-founder and chief executive Apraameya Radhakrishna said, âKoo is available in Nigeria. We re thinking of enabling the local languages there too. What say? Along with this, he also shared the list of countries in which Koo is available. These included the likes of Myanmar, Nepal, Namibia, Senegal, Rwanda, Philippines, Peru and Paraguay et cetera.
In a conversation with ET Now, Radhakrishna also shared, Koo started in India with the aim to give a voice to the non-English population of the country. There are many more countries across the world whose populations would like to express themselves in local languages and countries where existing options for micro-blogging do not operate as per local laws. Koo will fill that gap.
New social media rules: Koo says given necessary details on compliance to IT ministry
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New social media rules: Koo says given necessary details on compliance to IT ministry
PTI / May 27, 2021, 23:10 IST
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NEW DELHI: Twitter-rival Koo on Thursday said it has provided the necessary details on compliance with the new social media rules, as sought by the IT ministry.
The ministry had on Wednesday asked all large social media companies to immediately report on status of compliance to new digital rules, and offer details of grievance redressal officer, chief compliance officer and nodal officer to whom users can complain when they are subjected to offensive posts.
Twitter-rival Koo has raised $30 million (about Rs 218 crore) in Series B funding, led by Tiger Global with existing investors also participating in the latest round.
Twitter-rival Koo has raised USD 30 million (about Rs 218 crore) in Series B funding, led by Tiger Global with existing investors also participating in the latest round. Existing investors Accel Partners, Kalaari Capital, Blume Ventures and Dream Incubator also took part in the round, Koo said in a statement. IIFL and Mirae Assets are other new investors who have come on board the cap table with this round, it added. Notably, the fund raising comes amid new IT intermediary rules taking effect, translating into greater accountability and scrutiny for social media companies, including Twitter and Facebook. Koo has close to 60 lakh users, making it a major social media intermediary under the new guidelines.