Twitter’s local rival Koo gains; downloads, use rise 5x in 3 days

A day after microblogging platform Twitter’s run-in with the Indian government and the Delhi police, which was marked by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) issuing a rebuttal to the company on its Indian rival platform Koo, Mayank Bidawataka, cofounder of Koo, told ET that downloads of the app and engagement on the platform are up by about five times.

He said traction has been going up on the platform for the past three days.

Global social media platforms have been facing the heat from the government for not complying with the social media intermediary guidelines deadline which was May 26.