'Desperate for validation': Are blue checks uncool now?Last week, Twitter began stripping the verification symbols from the profiles of thousands of celebrities, media personalities and politici...
29 Apr, 2023, 10.43 AM IST
Amid Twitter chaos, Koo offers to migrate historic tweets to escape 'intellectual assassination'Koo, which allows users to express views in Indian languages, has already crossed 50 million downloads and is now flying into the rival's n...
18 Dec, 2022, 02.25 PM IST
Twitter turmoil, staff exodus aggravate security concernsTwitter has plunged into turmoil as Musk, a self-professed free speech absolutist, seeks to shake up the money-losing company after his blo...
20 Nov, 2022, 08.57 AM IST
Homegrown Koo plans to launch in the US, first market outside IndiaKoo has already started building tools and technology to tweak its India product for a global audience and will shortly begin an outreach a...
16 Nov, 2022, 10.46 AM IST
Elon Musk calls Twitter 'super-intelligence' which can be humanity's hope against AI, but netizens don't agreeMany people accused Musk of throwing 'big sci-fi words' to sell Twitter's $8 subscription service.
04 Nov, 2022, 08.20 AM IST
Indian microblogging app Koo crosses 50 million downloadsThe company has crossed 50 million downloads and should be reaching the 100 million downloads mark over the next one year, CEO and co-found...
02 Nov, 2022, 04.02 PM IST
Koo will not charge fee for verification badge, says founder Aprameya RadhakrishnaKoo was founded in 2020 with an aim to further Prime Minister Narendra Modi's calls for an 'Atmanirbhar Bharat' or self-reliant India.
01 Nov, 2022, 11.10 AM IST
Social media companies pitching for self-regulatory panelIAMAI to send proposal to MeitY soon; move seeking to preempt govt grievance forum
14 Aug, 2022, 06.00 AM IST
What are these spam bots that Elon Musk has vowed to defeat or die trying?Elon Musk, who has made weeding out fake Twitter accounts and spam bots the central theme of his takeover plan, said if he buys the social-...
14 May, 2022, 09.24 AM IST
Koo CEO Aprameya Radhakrishna woos Elon Musk to join the Indian startup’s boardIn a tweet, Aprameya Radhakrishna, said "We're young, agile and dreaming big! Koo being built as the future of social media @kooindia. Your...
11 Apr, 2022, 01.22 PM IST
On self verification, Musk echoes Government of India’s positionMusk’s call for authentication is in line with India’s push for greater accountability on the internet wherein it mandated all significant ...
11 Apr, 2022, 12.56 PM IST
Elon Musk turns down Twitter board seat: CEO Parag AgrawalThe development comes days after Musk disclosed picking up a 9.2% stake in Twitter. He was later appointed to Twitter’s board. Last week, h...
11 Apr, 2022, 11.58 AM IST
Koo takes a jibe at Twitter; says it has had an edit button for over 20 months nowThis comes a day after Tesla CEO Elon Musk snagged a seat on the Twitter board and held a poll on the platform asking users if they'd like ...
06 Apr, 2022, 09.27 PM IST
Nasscom says govt must ensure new platform rules don't hurt freedom of expression, creativityThe new rules, which have been in the making since 2018, come close on the heels of a huge stand-off between the union government and micro...
26 Feb, 2021, 11.47 AM IST
Twitter to relaunch its public verification process in JanuaryTwitter, during its public feedback period, received more than 22,000 survey responses that shaped its new policy.
18 Dec, 2020, 03.49 PM IST
Twitter cites security processes for temporarily restricting Amul accountOn accessing the account, a message saying "This account is temporarily restricted. You're seeing this warning because there has been some ...
06 Jun, 2020, 04.33 PM IST
Facebook offers to curb fake news during 2019 Lok Sabha pollsSources said the Facebook self-verification system would subject content that is circulated beyond a point to automatic fact-checking.
07 Jul, 2018, 10.45 AM IST