Twitter clone Koo, endorsed by govt, trends amid standoff

Made-in-India microblogging platform Koo, just 10 months old, had a moment in the sun on the very app it wants to replace — Twitter. #KooApp was trending on Twitter earlier today amid the latter’s ongoing kerfuffle with the Ministry of Information and Electronics Technology.

In response to Twitter’s blog post clarifying its stance on the government’s request to block certain accounts, MeitY tweeted that “… a blog post published prior to this engagement (talks between the government and Twitter) is unusual”. He followed it up with a tweet that urged users to listen to MeitY’s thoughts on the Koo app.