Koo is a microblogging network, similar to Twitter or Parler, owned by the Bombinate Technologies company of Bangalore, India. The platform was launched in March 2020, for Android and iOS, and currently has three million downloads, of which an estimated one third are active users.
Koo is a Twitter-like social platform created in India that is currently available in English and 12 other Indian dialects.
At the moment, the Boo platform is available in 12 languages, English and various Indian dialects, and it is expected that in the future it will be updated with another 22 languages, although still official information on what they will be.
The operation is similar to Twitter, with the possibility of publishing multimedia content, as well as text updates, with a limitation of 400 characters. You can also use hashtags and arrobas to mention another user, as well as “re-koo”, the platform’s version of the retweet. On the other hand, it has private and public chats, and a direct message function.
Members of the Indian government and officials are starting to sideline Twitter in favor of Koo, a microblogging social network with a similar operation to that of the blue bird. The reason for this change is the growing tension between those responsible for Twitter and the government of the Asian country.
The government of India has repeatedly requested the closure of various accounts dedicated to publishing fake news. In this sense, those responsible for the Indian government have accused Twitter of use double standards, immediately shutting down the accounts of those who posted news about the assault on the US Capitol, but ignoring their requests for closure for accounts that posted fake news during the January 26 protests in Delhi.
The Indian government provided a list of accounts that were misinforming, including journalists, political opponents and media organizations, and Twitter initially agreed to shut them down. However, they were soon back online and publishing. For this reason, members of the Indian government, politicians of the ruling party and users who support the government, have migrated from Twitter to Koo, where they have launched a hashtag demanding that the government prohibit the use of Twitter in India.
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