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Koo, 2nd largest micro blogging platform, invites world to #JoinKoo

/ -- Koo App, a two-year-old independent startup, backed by the world's notable investors Tiger Global and Accel Partners, invites local language speakers across the world to #JoinKoo to experience its inclusive, secure, easy-to-use and free-to-access platform available on web and mobile applications. The app is available in 20+ global languages, including English, French, German, Italian, Indonesian, Spanish, Portuguese, Thai, Vietnamese, Korean, Turkish and Hindi. Many new global languages will be launched soon. Koo App is the world's second largest micro-blogging platform with multilingual capabilities. Koo recently achieved 60 million downloads worldwide. The platform is all set to increase its footprint globally with a very strong proposition that will include a feature that enables users to migrate from Twitter to Koo and a free self-verification tool that can verify their humanness within seconds. The company has made it easier than ever to migrate from Twitter with the abilit

Twitter announces 'Blue for Business' to help distinguish biz on platform

Associated profiles will receive a little badge of their parent company's profile picture next to their blue or gold checkmark

Twitter's grey verification mark for government officials is live now

The colours of Twitter's new verification system are now visible on the site

Elon Musk says Twitter will restrict voting on policy to blue members

A day earlier, Musk pledged to submit all future policy decisions to a vote and offered Twitter users a choice on leadership, asking them if he should step down; 57.5% of the vote were in favor

Twitter revamp: A shaky, whiplash-inducing timeline since Musk's takeover

Since Elon Musk took control of Twitter in late October, confusion over what is, and what is not allowed on the platform, even what a verified account is, has run rampant. Rules and policies can change daily, or even hourly. Little of what's transpired at Twitter in almost two months under Musk's leadership has anything to do with what was originally his biggest complaint about the platform: the scourge of bots, or spam accounts. Here's a rundown of some of the events, policy changes and confusion that has been a hallmark of Musk's Twitter. Oct. 27: Musk takes control of Twitter and fires the CEO, chief financial officer and the company's top attorney. Oct. 28: Some accounts recirculate long-debunked conspiracy theories in an attempt to test whether Twitter's policies on misinformation were still being enforced. Oct. 30: Musk tweets a link to an unfounded rumor about the attack on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband. He later deleted the tweet. Oct. 31: Musk fires Twitter's board

Poll reveals 58% people want Elon Musk to step down as Twitter CEO

Poll by Musk revealed that 58% wants him to quit as CEO, with Twitter currently facing a myriad of issues ranging from banning journalists and other social media platforms amid Tesla stock nosediving

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Talk about law, guardrails: MoS Chandrasekhar on Elon Musk's poll

The Minister was reacting over Musk 's tweet as he started a poll on Twitter asking millions of users "should I step down as head of Twitter?"

Twitter now supports themed icons in latest Android 13 update: Report

With the new update, it will change the Twitter icon's colour to match the users' wallpaper and system, as well as any other apps that support this feature

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Elon Musk asks Twitter users to vote to decide if he should step down

Since his takeover of Twitter, Musk has weathered criticism for his sweeping changes at the social network

Twitter bans all links to FB, Insta, Mastodon, other rivals on its platform

'We will no longer allow free promotion of certain social media platforms on Twitter,' said Twitter

Migrate your tweets and come to Koo, CEO Radhakrishna offers in new move

Koo -- the Made-in-India rival of Twitter -- has offered to migrate all historic tweets of any Twitter user willing to shift to its platform that will continue to not charge users for verification badge, its co-founder and CEO Aprameya Radhakrishna said. Since taking over Twitter in a USD 44 billion deal in October, Elon Musk has sacked its employees, overhauled its moderation policies, put a price for account verification, and restored previously banned accounts including that of former US President Donald Trump. In recent days, he suspended the accounts of several prominent journalists without warning who had been covering him, but had to reinstate the accounts following strong criticism from government officials, journalist organisations, and advocacy groups. Koo, which allows users to express views in Indian languages, has already crossed 50 million downloads and is now flying into the rival's nest, starting a campaign to woo Twitter users, offering self-verification and a ...

Musk announces new changes for Twitter; mute, block signals for Blue users

Twitter will start incorporating mute and block signals from Blue Verified (not Legacy Blue) as downvotes, Musk said

Device labels will no longer be seen in tweets, confirms Elon Musk

A device label shows from which device a tweet has been tweeted

Multiple algorithms will guide Twitter users on their timelines: Elon Musk

Amid the "doxxing" row with journalists, Elon Musk on Sunday said that Twitter users will soon see multiple algorithms that will guide them about which kind of tweets they would like to see

Twitter starts restoring suspended accounts, to reinstate more in 30 days

The company said reinstated accounts still need to comply with its rules. "Permanent suspension remains an enforcement action for serious violations," it said

Twitter's suspension of journalists' accounts draws global backlash

Not only media institutions but also officials from France, Germany, the UK, the UN and the EU condemned the suspensions, with some saying the platform was jeopardising press freedom

Twitter suspends Indian microblogging site Koo's account, bans Mastodon

Mastodon is the social media rival of Twitter

Elon Musk seeks new investors for Twitter at the same price he paid

Musk, who also runs Tesla Inc. and SpaceX, has acknowledged in the past that he paid too much for Twitter but has expressed confidence in its prospects in the long run