Koo app says it has complied with India’s new social media guidelines

New Delhi: The Koo app has met the compliance requirements of Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 (Rules), ahead of the prescribed date of May 25, 2021, the homegrown rival to Twitter Inc. said on Saturday.

The microblogging platform said it has clocked close to six million downloads now and that makes it a major social media intermediary. The company said its Privacy Policy, Terms of Use and Community Guidelines reflect requirements of the rules as applicable to significant social media intermediaries. It has implemented a due diligence and grievance redressal mechanism supported by an Indian resident chief compliance officer, nodal officer and grievance officer.

Aprameya Radhakrishna, co-founder and chief executive officer of Koo, said user safety and convenience is of “utmost importance” and the company deeply cares about it. "Complying with the new social media guidelines published by Government of India within time clearly shows why it's important to have Indian social media players thriving in the country," he said.


Mayank Bidawatka, co-Founder of Koo, said: “Given that we had three months to comply with the new guidelines, we interviewed candidates and finally identified experienced colleagues from within the team. They are already familiar with the systems we have in place and will be the best people to further build on top of it.”

The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeITY) had announced its draft Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021, for social media platforms on Feb. 25, 2021.