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6 months, 1 week ago

India's Twitter rival Koo shuts down: Here's why

Indian social media platform Koo is shutting down, according to its founder Aprameya Radhakrishna and Mayank Bidawatka. During its peak, Koo had approximately 2.1 million daily active users and 10 million monthly users, with over 9000 VIPs. They also expressed their intention to sell some of the company's assets, stating, "We will be happy to share some of these assets …

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1 year, 5 months ago

Facebook, Nilenso serve legal notices to Dunzo over unpaid dues of Rs 4 cr

India TV News

Fast paced entrepreneur Dunzo has received legal notices from at least 7 organizations since March of this year. According to Moneycontrol sources, Dunzo has received notices from Google India, Nilenso, Clover Adventures, Facebook India Online Services Private Limited, Cupshup, Koo and Glance. Agtech start-up Clover Adventures recently asked Dunzo to clear membership fees that currently exceed Rs 2 crore, as …

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1 year, 9 months ago

Twitter-rival Koo offers lifetime free verification for notable personalities

Live Mint

While Twitter has started rolling out paid blue tick verification for its users, its rival Koo has announced that it will offer free lifetime verification to all notable personalities. “The free lifetime verification will be available to all notable personalities and creators across the world; enabling them to build trust with followers, protect their reputation and avoid impersonation on the …

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2 years, 1 month ago

Ronaldinho makes his debut on India's microblogging platform, shares first post

India TV News

Former Brazilian iconic football player Ronaldinho has joined India's microblogging platform Koo. The former Brazilian star has also shared his first post on the microblogging platform. Ronaldinho's first post on Koo features "thumbs up", "I also participated, this is Ronaldinho." After the launch in Brazil, Mayank Bidawatka stated, "We saw more than a million users from Brazil join Koo in …

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2 years, 2 months ago

Twitter rival Koo brings 4 new features you must know about

India TV News

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 profile. With "schedule a Koo", power creators …

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3 years, 3 months ago

Amid Mumbai drug bust, Subhash Ghai shares old pic of Aamir Khan, Amitabh Bachchan at anti-drugs drive

India TV News

Filmmaker Subhash Ghai on Wednesday took to Koo app to share an old photo of popular actors from an anti-drugs drive held during the '90s. In 1990, our media witnessed several film stars protesting against drugs in one voice with Gulshan Jitender, Vinod Khanna, Aamir Khan, Amitabh Bachchan, Mithun Da, Jackie, Dimple, Shabana, Tina Khanna, Padmini Kolhapure and VIPs, at …

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3 years, 5 months ago

Proactively moderated 65,280 content pieces in July: Koo

India TV News

Koo has proactively moderated 65,280 content pieces, while 3,431 posts were reported by its users during July, the homegrown company said in its monthly compliance report as mandated by the IT rules. The new IT rules require large digital platforms - with over 5 million users - to publish monthly compliance reports, mentioning the details of complaints received and action …

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3 years, 5 months ago

Ashwini Vaishnaw makes debut on Koo, calls IT rules 'empowering' in first post

India TV News

IT and communications Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw made his debut on made-in-India social media platform 'Koo' on Sunday. In his first Koo, Vaishnaw posted about his review of the implementation and compliance of Information Technology Rules, 2021. Image Source : KOO IT, communications minister Ashwini Vaishnaw makes debut on Koo Vaishnaw was welcomed on Koo by company co-founder and CEO Aprameya …

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3 years, 7 months ago

Days after banning Twitter in country, Nigerian govt sets up account on India's Koo

India TV News

Koo on Thursday said the Government of Nigeria has set up an official account on the Indian microblogging platform, which is looking at making deeper inroads into the African nation. Last week, the Nigerian government had said it was suspending Twitter indefinitely after the company removed a contentious tweet that President Muhammadu Buhari made about a secessionist movement. Koo has …

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3 years, 7 months ago

IT Rules 2021 Explained: Rules Facebook, Twitter, Koo, WhatsApp And Social Media Apps Must Follow

News 18

Social media firms operating in India will have to implement the new Information Technology Rules 2021 which are applicable from today. The new IT Rules 2021 for digital media platforms includes the requirement to appoint a resident grievance officer as part of a larger grievance redressal mechanism, active monitoring of content on the platform, monthly compliance reports for Indian users, …

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3 years, 7 months ago

Will Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, other social media platforms cease to operate in India from May 26?

India TV News

Issuing comprehensive guidelines for social media, the Government had on February 25, 2021 gave social media companies three-month time to comply. The rules come into effect on May 26, 2021 and if social media companies do not comply, they may lose their status and protections as intermediaries and may become liable for criminal action as per existing laws of India, …

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3 years, 7 months ago

Koo meets new intermediary guidelines ahead of May 25 deadline

India TV News

Koo on Saturday said it has met the compliance requirements of the new IT Rules 2021 ahead of its May 25 deadline set by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology. "Complying with the new social media guidelines published by the government of India within time clearly shows why it's important to have Indian social media players thriving in the …

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3 years, 8 months ago

Koo now allows users to speak and type in regional languages in India

India TV News

Koo has launched a unique new feature that will help users speak and type messages without using the keyboard in regional languages, apart from English. Called 'Talk to Type,' the feature will help Koo users speak out their thoughts and the words will show up on the screen at the click of a button. Users don't have to use the …

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3 years, 9 months ago

Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad now has 10 Lakhs followers on Koo app

India TV News

Union Minister Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad recently crossed 1 million followers on Koo, India’s micro-blogging platform. Ravi Shankar Prasad is the current Union Minister for Law and Justice, Electronics & Information Technology and Communications portfolios in the Government of India. Ravi Shankar Prasad has been on Twitter since November 2013 and has garnered 4.8 Million followers over these 7.5 years …

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3 years, 9 months ago

Chinese investor exits Koo's parent company

India TV News

Existing investors, along with a few prominent Indians, have bought out Chinese venture capital firm Shunwei Capital's minority stake in Twitter's homegrown rival Koo's parent company Bombinate Technologies. Former Indian cricketer Javagal Srinath, BookMyShow Founder Ashish Hemrajani, Udaan Co-Founder Sujeet Kumar, Flipkart CEO Kalyan Krishnamurthy, and Zerodha Founder Nikhil Kamat have participated in the round to buy out shares of …

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3 years, 10 months ago

WhatsApp CEO 'worried' about Indian govt promoting Koo

India TV News

WhatsApp head Will Cathcart may not have anything to do with Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey but when it comes to India, he is worried -- not only about the Union government's aim to break encryption but also the move to promote the homegrown micro-blogging platform Koo. Speaking to 'Big Technology Podcast' host Alex Kantrowitz, Cathcart said that "splinternet" -- where …

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3 years, 10 months ago

Former Madhya Pradesh CM Kamal Nath joins Made in India app 'Koo'

India TV News

Former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh Kamal Nath has joined the Made in India micro-blogging platform 'Koo'. Nath, who is also a member of the Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee, also asked his followers to join Koo. Today Kamal Nath Ji, former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh created an account and started his journey on Koo. Apart from Kamal Nath, several …

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3 years, 10 months ago

App flap: Twitter’s India troubles give local rival Koo a lift

Al Jazeera

Koo has a fraction of Twitter’s users but surged recently after endorsements by Indian politicians amid a row between the US site and the Indian government. An Indian alternative to Twitter Inc. is experiencing a surge in popularity after the U.S. microblogging site clashed with the country’s government, a sign of the growing political challenges for social media services. The …

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3 years, 10 months ago

Explained: Koo App’s Rise, Users & How it Plans to Take on Twitter

The Quint

The tussle between Twitter and the Indian government has led to a massive traction for Indian social micro blogging platform, Koo. The desi platform is witnessing high popularity among several politicians and authorities, soon after Twitter refused to follow the government’s order of blocking 1,400 accounts for spreading misinformation and uploading provocative content. However, after a legal non-compliance notice was …

Indian Twitter Koo

3 years, 11 months ago

IT Ministry Took To 'Koo' Calling Twitter's Blog 'Unusual'; Says 'Will Respond Soon'

ABP News

New Delhi: The IT Ministry took to Koo - India's rival to Twitter - and called the blog 'unusual' considering Twitter sought a meeting, the government added it would share its response soon. In the blog post Twitter noted it does not believe that the actions it has been directed to take by the IT Ministry are consistent with the …

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3 years, 11 months ago

Twitter requests for formal dialogue over ban on accounts, Govt responds via Koo

India TV News

The government has responded to Twitter's request for a formal meeting over its order to take down 1,178 accounts for spreading misinformation around farmers' protests. The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology in a post shared on Koo app said that the Secretary IT will hold talks with Twitter's management. Earlier on Tuesday, Twitter said it is seeking formal dialogue …

India Twitter Koo Accounts Govt Formal Dialogue

3 years, 11 months ago

Koo App: What is it? How to download on Android, iPhone? Why ministers are joining it?

India TV News

India recently kicked out many of the popular Chinese apps including TikTok, PUBG Mobile, SheIn and more. This has encouraged many of the Indian app developers to come forward and create alternatives to foreign apps. In this bid towards an Atmanirbhar Bharat, Aprameya Radhakrishna and his team came up with Koo - an Indian alternative to Twitter. In order to …

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6 years, 1 month ago

Seon Seob Kim to be new head of Hyundai Motor in India

India TV News

South Korean auto major Hyundai Motor Company Friday announced Seon Seob Kim as the new head of its Indian arm as part of leadership rejig of its global operations. Kim, who is currently senior vice president, head of Business Operations Strategy Division at Hyundai Motor Company, will take over from incumbent Y K Koo. He will "become Head of Hyundai …

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India's Twitter rival Koo shuts down: Here's why

Facebook, Nilenso serve legal notices to Dunzo over unpaid dues of Rs 4 cr

Twitter-rival Koo offers lifetime free verification for notable personalities

Ronaldinho makes his debut on India's microblogging platform, shares first post

Twitter rival Koo brings 4 new features you must know about

Amid Mumbai drug bust, Subhash Ghai shares old pic of Aamir Khan, Amitabh Bachchan at anti-drugs drive

Proactively moderated 65,280 content pieces in July: Koo

Ashwini Vaishnaw makes debut on Koo, calls IT rules 'empowering' in first post

Days after banning Twitter in country, Nigerian govt sets up account on India's Koo

IT Rules 2021 Explained: Rules Facebook, Twitter, Koo, WhatsApp And Social Media Apps Must Follow

Will Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, other social media platforms cease to operate in India from May 26?

Koo meets new intermediary guidelines ahead of May 25 deadline

Koo now allows users to speak and type in regional languages in India

Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad now has 10 Lakhs followers on Koo app

Chinese investor exits Koo's parent company

WhatsApp CEO 'worried' about Indian govt promoting Koo

Former Madhya Pradesh CM Kamal Nath joins Made in India app 'Koo'

App flap: Twitter’s India troubles give local rival Koo a lift

Explained: Koo App’s Rise, Users & How it Plans to Take on Twitter

IT Ministry Took To 'Koo' Calling Twitter's Blog 'Unusual'; Says 'Will Respond Soon'

Twitter requests for formal dialogue over ban on accounts, Govt responds via Koo

Koo App: What is it? How to download on Android, iPhone? Why ministers are joining it?

Seon Seob Kim to be new head of Hyundai Motor in India