An explainer on the India-made micro-blogging platform that is similar to Twitter
In the past week, as the stand-off between the Centre and Twitter over content regulation peaked, Union Minister Piyush Goyal took to Twitter to invite his followers to connect with him on Koo. “Connect with me on this Indian micro-blogging platform for real-time, exciting and exclusive updates,” he tweeted. Other prominent figures followed up with similar announcements, including Electronics and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, who has a verified profile and over 5 lakh followers on the app.
An introduction to Koo
With a yellow bird as its logo, Koo is an India-made micro-blogging platform that is similar to Twitter. It aims to facilitate participation of Indians on the internet in their mother tongue, and supports five languages currently – English, Hindi, Kannada, Tamil, Marathi and Telugu. Support for Bangla, Gujarati, Malayalam, Oriya, Punjabi, and Assamese is in works, according to their…