Koo, an app touted as India's answer to Twitter, has self-verification features that Elon Musk may want but shows risks of handing over data to the government
Nilesh Christopher / Rest of World : Tweets: @restofworld , @restofworld , and @cengizyar Tweets: @restofworld : Koo, India's homegrown alternative to Twitter, is letting users “self-verify.” Experts worry the plan will jeopardize privacy without doing much to prevent spam or abuse https://restofworld.org/... @restofworld : Days before Elon Musk announced his desire to “authenticate all real humans” on Twitter, the Indian Twitter competitor Koo introduced a feature that grants its users the option to “self-verify” by using their government-issued biometric ID number https://restofworld.org/... @cengizyar : “Trust and safety experts are worried that the growing efforts to purge anonymity on social media would be a devastating blow to free expression.” @NilChristopher for @restofworld https://restofworld.org/...