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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.”
Koo is the Indian alternative to Twitter that wants to focus on an AatmaNirbhar Bharat, by offering a microblogging experience in Indian languages, by Indians, for Indians. It is available as an app on both iOS and Android.
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Koo comes with a lot of similarities like Twitter as users can follow individuals and it also allows users to write messages in text or record and share them in audio or video formats.
The app is available for both Android and iOS users in English, Hindi, Kannada, Marathi, Tamil, and Telugu.
PM Narendra Modi was also not behind in promoting Koo as it was amongst the four apps that were being named during his radio programme Mann Ki Baat.
Twitter has been at the receiving end from the Union government for the posts and content censorship on the farmers protest which turned violent on January 26 in the national capital.
Koo said it has so far verified handles of MeitY, MyGov, Digital India, India Post, National Informatics Centre (NIC), National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology (NIELIT), Common Services Centre, UMANG app, Digi Locker, National Internet Exchange of India (NIXI), Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC), among others, on its platform.