The founder of Koo, the buzzy, homegrown micro-blogging site, to which several Union ministers flocked after the government’s intense row with Twitter, said his platform is all for freedom of speech but will follow law of the land.
“We are built for freedom of speech. Our primary goal is to make sure that everybody who is in India has the right to express themselves.,” Aprameya Radhakrishna, co-founder and chief executive officer of Koo, told Moneycontrol in an interview.
Twitter has found itself in a fierce tangle with Indian authorities, who want it to take down more than 1,100 accounts and posts that the government argues are spreading misinformation about the farmers’ protests against new agricultural laws. Many of the accounts are backed by Pakistan or are operated by supporters of a separatist Sikh movement, according to the government.