[The Outline By Inc42 Plus] India’s Quest For Desi Social Media

Dear User, Less than two weeks ago, Twitter (or the people running Twitter) was threatened with a seven-year jail term for not complying with the Indian government’s directions to take down several accounts, which were allegedly fanning hate by spreading propaganda. Although the microblogging platform finally gave in to the diktat, the powers that be are not satisfied with its defiance. Starting with commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal, several government departments and high profile government officials have made a clarion call to the Indian public to move to a desi alternative of Twitter called Koo. And its sudden surge... This is an Inc42 Plus Member Exclusive story. Read this story on Inc42.