Much of the Social media landscape in India today is dominated by Apps or sites that are not Indian Origin. Be it Youtube, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, India forms one of the worlds largest userbase of these and many other such apps. But as the Social Media penetration in the country is going deeper, the present -day govt and the big Techs are clashing often as well. Then be it privacy, Censorship rules, hate speech and much more. The Indian Govt and these tech giants have often found themselves in a fight. Take for example the latest confrontation between Indian Govt and Twitter. Confrontations like these aren’t new. However, in an interesting move, the govt decided to reply to twitter on Koo. The Made In India app called Koo says it is alternative to twitter. The Govt posted its statement in the matter on the app and it created quite a buzz. But matter goes beyond that. Koo has suddenly become the talk of the town with many big-ticket politicians and celebrities joining the platform in the wake of the government’s ongoing stand-off with Twitter. BJP leaders, Even government officials and Union Ministers are promoting the application. This is also being looked as Govt’s effort to push for wider use of products made under Atmanirbhar Bharat agenda.
Not just koo, the Modi govt is also now planning to push apps that are being considered Desi alternatives to foreign Big tech companies. In today’s video, let’s talk about such apps.
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