WhatsApp CEO ‘worried’ about Indian govt promoting Koo

New Delhi: WhatsApp head Will Cathcart may not have anything to do with Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey but when it comes to India, he is worried — not only about the Union government’s aim to break encryption but also the move to promote the homegrown micro-blogging platform Koo.

Speaking to ‘Big Technology Podcast’ host Alex Kantrowitz, Cathcart said that “splinternet” — where instead of having a global internet, you have countries each with their own regulations — is a profound risk and it will be worse if governments decide to have their own mini-internet with their own mini-apps.

Koo has fast become a favourite among several Union ministers amid the government’s war with Twitter over removing misinformation and bad accounts from its platform.