While he said that the app does have a set of policies in place, he added that they will keep briefing up their policies to ensure that users have a safe experience on the platform. Those are things where we will abide by the law of the land,” Radhakrishna said, adding that posts should not cause any harm to someone’s life. There will be exceptions when there is threat to life, threat of mob violence. They can now participate on the internet in their mother tongue by listening to the views of some of the sharpest Indian minds and also speak their mind by sharing their thoughts.” What are the content policies on Koo? Koo is an attempt to make the voice of these Indians heard. The Koo website notes that only 10 per cent of India speaks English and “almost 1 billion people in India don’t know English.” The website adds that the “majority of the internet has been in English. He also confirmed that at any one point, the app will provide a single language experience for users. He also explained that because typing in regional languages can be painful for Indian users, the app has an option for audio and video posts to make things simpler. The languages supported at the moment are English, Hindi, Kannada, Telugu, Tamil Marathi, Bengali, Malayalam, Oriya, Punjabi, Assamese, and Gujarati.Īccording to Radhakrishna, users will be able to find topics around their language of choice, follow people in their spoken language. For instance, I could not pick both Hindi and English as an option. However, you can only choose one language. When you are signing up, it lets you choose from Indian languages at the time of setup. Koo is an India-based app and focuses on allowing people to post in their language. The app has seen over 3 million downloads as of now, according to the CEO. The co-founder and CEO of Koo app is Aprameya Radhakrishna, who according to his LinkedIn profile has an MBA degree from IIM, Ahmedabad and an engineering degree from the National Institute of Technology, Karnataka. The Koo app won the Atmanirbhar App Innovation Challenge along with other India-made apps like Zoho and Chingari - the local version of TikTok. According to details, the company is involved in “other computer-related activities ” Koo has been created by Bombinate Technologies Private Limited which is a Bangalore-based private company incorporated in 2015. There’s also the option to post polls, share photos and videos on Koo. A user can also tag another person in their posts using the symbol, which is again similar to Twitter. A ‘Koo’ also lets users rely on hashtags, which is similar to Twitter. One can also post audio or video-based posts. Read more | Explained: Who is behind the Koo App, the Indian alternative to Twitter
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