falcons week young twitters strait languages film future super follow union app mainland seeks hk chans company amid seats town tech welcome pull economic joining deadline 2021 chan posts cousins

Articles for Koo, search results for internet

India’s push for digital sovereignty risks more online surveillance
1 year, 10 months ago

India’s push for digital sovereignty risks more online surveillance

The Hindu  

Shortly after the Nigerian government blocked Twitter in 2021 for removing a post by the country’s president, its verified handle @NigeriaGov appeared on Koo, an Indian microblogging platform that was little known overseas. It was also a vindication for the Indian government, where many officials are on Koo, and which last month hailed another locally made technology: a mobile operating …

India Tech Data Indian Google Digital Countries
As governments across Asia fight for control over the internet and big tech, citizens on social media face rising online crackdowns
1 year, 11 months ago

As governments across Asia fight for control over the internet and big tech, citizens on social media face rising online crackdowns

ABC  

During the COVID-19 lockdowns in Vietnam last year, blogger Bui Van Thuan took to Facebook to criticise a government plan to use soldiers to deliver groceries to people confined to their homes in Ho Chi Minh City. Key points: Vietnam has arrested dozens of journalists and vloggers over social media posts Human rights groups are concerned "digital repression" could have …

India Vietnam Media Social Rights Internet Online
Koo Sensitises Users On Online Safety And Cyber Hygiene
2 years, 9 months ago

Koo Sensitises Users On Online Safety And Cyber Hygiene

ABP News  

To enhance public awareness on online safety, security and cyber hygiene, multi-lingual micro-blogging platform - Koo - and the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India, joined hands to create a citizen outreach programme on Safer Internet Day - February 8, 2022. Leveraging the 2022 theme – ‘Together for a Better Internet’ - …

Users Koo
Assembly elections 2022 | Koo adopts ‘voluntary code of ethics’ for fair, ethical use of social media
2 years, 11 months ago

Assembly elections 2022 | Koo adopts ‘voluntary code of ethics’ for fair, ethical use of social media

The Hindu  

Microblogging platform Koo app on January 13 said it has adopted a ‘Voluntary Code of Ethics’, with a view to safeguard conversations on social media related to the upcoming Assembly elections. “By embracing the Code of Ethics ahead of the legislative Assembly elections scheduled between February and March 2022 in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Goa and Manipur, the Koo App …

Social Media Elections Media Social Election Code Koo
Silicon Valley Thought India Was Its Future. Now Everything Has Changed.
54 years, 11 months ago

Silicon Valley Thought India Was Its Future. Now Everything Has Changed.

Slate  

This article is part of the Free Speech Project, a collaboration between Future Tense and the Tech, Law, & Security Program at American University Washington College of Law that examines the ways technology is influencing how we think about speech. Later that month, India’s Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology implemented new guidelines for social and digital media companies, forcing …

Media Social Tech Google Silicon Valley Rules Bjp
Will double headcount; lot of headroom for growing user base: Koo
3 years, 7 months ago

Will double headcount; lot of headroom for growing user base: Koo

The Hindu  

Homegrown microblogging platform Koo is planning to double its headcount in the next one year as it significantly scales up its user base on the platform, especially vernacular subscribers, its co-founder Aprameya Radhakrishna said. Mr. Radhakrishna said Koo is growing exponentially as people are looking for ways to converse online in local languages with community members, and that the platform …

India User Koo Radhakrishna Platform Twitter
India is trying to build its own internet
3 years, 9 months ago

India is trying to build its own internet

CNN  

CNN Business — While Twitter finds itself in a prolonged standoff with the Indian government over the company’s refusal to take down certain accounts, a senior executive of a very similar Indian social network says the sudden attention on his app has been “overwhelming.” “It feels like … you’ve just been put in the finals of the World Cup suddenly …

Global China Tech Internet Companies Chinese Million