Koo, an Indian rival to X that had raised $60M+ from Tiger Global, Accel, and others, shuts down after last-resort acquisition talks with Dailyhunt collapsed
The Indian social media platform Koo, which positioned itself as a competitor to Elon Musk's X, is ceasing operations …
Sources detail struggles at Koo, an Indian rival to X, including laying off ~80% of its workforce in recent months and being unable to raise more funds
and even a Twitter alternative. But four years after launch, the Indian company is doing layoffs and has been unable to raise more funds to keep things afloat. By @VarshaaBansal https://restofworld.or...
Research: YouTube and Koo, an Indian X-style alternative, are allowing hateful content that violates their policies, less than a month before national elections
Vittoria Elliott / Wired : X: @daithaigilbert X: David Gilbert / @daithaigilbert : With a month to go before the Indian election, one of the most important votes of 2024, new research shows that hate...
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...
Sources: Indian officials have held tense and heated discussions with Meta, Google, Twitter, ShareChat, and Koo over proactively removing “fake news”
Indian officials have held heated discussions with Google, Twitter and Facebook for not proactively removing what they described …
After Twitter's refusal to block content related to farmer protests, some Indian government ministers and departments are shifting to home-grown rival Koo
Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) is fast losing its sheen as a favoured communications tool for many Indian government departments and ministers keen … Tweets: @adityakalra Tweets: Aditya Kalra / @adityakalra : W...
Koo, the Indian microblogging app that has positioned itself as a government-friendly alternative to Twitter in India, is taking a similar approach in Nigeria
Rest of World : Tweets: @anirvan , @architmeta , @peterguest , @cengizyar , @nilchristopher , @iatalkspace , @yinkawrites , and @evelyndouek Tweets: Anirvan Chatterjee / @anirvan : “Just under a week...
Sources: Google, Facebook, Telegram, LinkedIn, ShareChat, and Koo have either fully or partially complied with India's new IT rules; Twitter has yet to comply
reigniting the age-old battle of national interest versus freedom of speech NDTV.com : All Big Firms Except Twitter Sent Details Under New IT Rules: Sources Msmash / Slashdot : Facebook, WhatsApp, Goo...
Bangalore-based Koo, a microblogging service that allows users to post in English and Indian languages, raises $30M at over $100M valuation led by Tiger Global
Investors are backing Koo, an Indian alternative to Twitter, with large size checks at a time when tension is brewing between the American social network and New Delhi.
Interview with founder of Koo, a microblogging service for regional language speakers in India that recently passed 3M users, fueled in large part by Modi's BJP
Nilesh Christopher / Rest of World : Tweets: @restofworld , @evelyndouek , @ndcnn , @marklittlenews , @anupkaphle , @restofworld , @anupkaphle , @bibhasdn , @restofworld , @cengizyar , @leomschwartz ...