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This report by the Future of Iran Initiative and Digital Forensic Research Lab (DFRLab) explores the social media habits of Iranian netizens and how the Islamic Republic is repressing the online space. ....
NEW DELHI: A bunch of domestic apps pitching themselves as homegrown alternatives to global social media behemoths are flourishing, partly due to support from government agencies. Dubbed as Twitter’s competitor, Koo was founded in March 2020 and has reached nearly 5.4 million downloads in India, according to data analytics firm Sensor Tower. Map My India, dubbed as an alternative to Google Maps, has nearly 1 million downloads. It has also been integrated with the Co-Win app. “We are not competing with Twitter, which operates on a global scale, mainly serving the English-speaking audience. We aim to serve the people of India who do not have an option to microblog in their own language because of linguistic barriers. We have given users the option to choose their own language,” said Mayank Bidawatka, co-founder of Koo. ....
The state’s chat apps Premium 1 min read Livemint( with inputs from PTI ) With networks, me-toos and latecomers are at an enormous disadvantage because the No. 1 already has a vast sprawl and this in itself is its big attraction. Even superior rivals can fail. For us to make headway, we’d need apps that are globally ahead of the concept curve Share Via Read Full Story The government, it seems, has decided to take head-on the privacy concerns generated by WhatsApp’s controversial data policy by setting up its own online chat platforms. A couple of them, called Samvad (conversation) and Sandes (message), are reported to be in their testing phase. Both are likely to be for public use, or just one, though another app just for government communication could be on its way as well. ....