New Delhi: 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.
MeitY, some other govt departments set up accounts on native micro-blogging site Koo "Key organizations from the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MEITY) have set up accounts on Koo, India's own micro-blogging platform. This move comes as a strategic response as an action against Twitter for not complying with the order for blocking around 257 Tweets and Twitter accounts which were tweeting about farmer genocide," Koo said in a statement.
The Koo app was declared an Atmanirbhar app in the category of social networking in the Aatmanirbhar App Challenge. This was organised by the Indian government. To know more in detail about the challenge, click here:-
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In a strongly-worded notice to Twitter, MeitY last week said it had on January 31 asked the micro-blogging site to block 257 URLs (web addresses) and one hashtag under the relevant provision of the law as they were "spreading misinformation about (farmer) protests and has the potential to lead to imminent violence affecting public order situation in the country."
Twitter chose to sit over the request for one full day before blocking them, only to unblock them a few hours later.
This was not taken kindly by the government and a fresh order/notice has been issued to Twitter for compliance, failing which penal action under sections that provide for fine and jail up to 7 years can be initiated.
According to Twitter, it held meetings with government officials and conveyed that the accounts and posts in question constitute free speech and are newsworthy. The company then "unwithheld" the accounts to protect public conversation. The other accounts that were initially withheld included those of CPM politician Mohd Salim, farm organization BKU Ekta Ugrahan and Tractor2Twitter.
MeitY, some other govt departments set up accounts on native micro-blogging site Koo
"We believe that it is important to build social networks keeping in mind local cultural nuances. Koo being deeply focused on India will help ensure a consistent experience for all users on the platform.
MeitY, some other govt departments set up accounts on native micro-blogging site Koo
"We are humbled and at the same time excited by the adoption and encouragement by so many noteworthy personalities and recently the entry of the topmost government offices of the country onto Koo," its co-founder and CEO Aprameya Radhakrishna.
MeitY, some other govt departments set up accounts on native micro-blogging site Koo
The company also claimed it has seen a surge in downloads after MeitY joined its platform. Piyush Goyal tweeted that he is on Koo App and will share exciting and real-time updates on this microblogging platform.
While using the app Koo, you can:-
- Share your opinions/updates ( you can send audios
- Discuss your opinion on any topic in Indian languages
- Follow Bollywood artists, Journalists, Politicians, Cricketers, Actors / Actresses, Activists, and other interesting people
- View your feed in Indian languages by seeing what people you follow said
- Trending #
You can follow interesting Indians from all walks of life on Koo. Many prominent personalities like Sadhguru, Ravi Shankar Prasad, Anil Kumble, Javagal Srinath, etc use Koo to express themselves every day.
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(Inputs from PTI)
