Indian microblogging<\/a> platform Koo<\/a>, which surged in popularity following Twitter's stand off with the Indian government over allegedly provocative farmer protest posts, will foray into all official 22 Indian languages<\/a> this year, co-founder and CEO Aprameya Radhakrishna told ET. 印度微博平台古后,人气飙升Twitter与印度政府的立场在据称挑衅农民抗议的帖子,将涉足所有官员22日印度语言今年,联合创始人兼首席执行官Aprameya Radhakrishna告诉等。
Radhakrishna said the company is also working on new features such as ‘multi lingual’ Kooing and that the company wants to take Indian technology to the world.
“We have been growing steadily and are close to five million downloads and our monthly active users would be around half of that number. Our largest communities are in English and Hindi followed by Kannada, Marathi and Telugu, but we are planning to go deeper into Indian languages,” said Radhakrishna and added: “The voice of the Indian language speaker is absent on the internet and that is our primary thing to solve. We are coming up with new features. One of the things is multi lingual Kooing, which would enable users to post content in two languages through auto translation. This is a very unique Indian need and the first time ever that a social media<\/a> platform would be doing this. We will be in all official 22 Indian languages this year.”
Koo is also planning to introduce content in Urdu and Sanskrit and is currently present in eight Indian languages plus English, which includes beta testing plus fully launched languages.
Radhakrishna said apart from Europe, which has General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) guidelines, which the company is working on adhering to, users can download and use the app in other markets.
“We want to build Indian technology and take it to the world. There are enough countries across the world which have more than 90% population that does not know English. We will go global not just for Indians, but also for other countries. We will also introduce other overseas languages over time. But, first, the focus is India and Indian languages. Our growth will always be deeper in India,” he said.
About a week ago, Koo announced that Chinese venture capital firm Shunwei Capital had exited<\/a> from Bombinate Technologies Pvt Ltd, the parent company of Koo and knowledge sharing app Vokal.
Existing investors as well as a bunch of individuals, including former Indian cricketer Javagal Srinath, BookMyShow founder Ashish Hemrajani, Udaan co-founder Sujeet Kumar, Flipkart CEO Kalyan Krishnamurthy, and Zerodha founder Nikhil Kamath participated in buying out Shunwei’s just under 10% stake in the company.
Radhakrishna said more local leaders have joined Koo in states such as Karnataka and he expects that to happen with other states as well. He said security is extremely important because of the kind of platform Koo is. “Right now, we have hacking attempts every single day from countries like Pakistan, China, Japan, Russia and Nigeria. And we are able to make sure we are safe,” he added.
On the new social media guidelines, he said they put every social media company in India on to the same playing field. “Otherwise, an international platform could have said I will give you more freedom of speech and allowed anything to be said. Now, there are rules in place. That's good for us. As a small company registered in India, we respect the laws of the land. And now with these guidelines, everybody else also, irrespective of where they are operating from, will also have to follow the laws of the land,” he added.
Referring to hate speech and misinformation on social media, Radhakrishna said social media amplifies the velocity at which information spreads and it is important that people don't get harmed in the offline world because of something irresponsible that someone did online. “We have got freshly drafted guidelines for the community, which are now live on the website and the app. These clearly define what is against the laws of the land. All of this is in the right direction. We want to be in a very positive space. We will do our best to make sure that people benefit a lot more. We don't want any users getting harmed.”
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Radhakrishna表示,该公司还在等新特性的多语种ko,公司想要印度的技术世界。
“我们一直稳步增长,接近五百万下载和我们的月度活跃用户会是这一数字的一半左右。我们最大的社区英语和印地语之后,卡纳达语、马拉地语,泰卢固语,但我们正计划去深入印度语言,“说Radhakrishna和补充说:“印度语言说话的声音不在互联网上,这是我们的主要的事情解决。我们想出了新特性。的事情之一是多语种ko,这将允许用户发布内容通过汽车在两种语言的翻译。这是一个非常独特的印度需要和第一次社交媒体平台将会这样做。我们将在所有官方今年22种印度语言。”
Radhakrishna说除了欧洲,通用数据保护监管(GDPR)指南,该公司是在坚持工作,用户可以下载和使用应用程序在其他市场。
“我们希望建立印度技术世界。有足够的国家在世界各地,有超过90%的人口,不懂英语。我们将走向全球不仅对印第安人,而且对其他国家。我们还将介绍其他海外语言。但是,首先,重点是印度和印度语言。我们总是会增长更深层次的在印度,”他说。
大约一个星期前,古永锵宣布中国风险资本公司Shunwei资本已经退出了从发嗡嗡声技术Pvt有限公司的母公司Vokal古永锵和知识共享应用。
现有投资者以及一群个体,包括前印度板球Javagal Srinath, BookMyShow创始人阿施施Hemrajani, Udaan创始人Sujeet Kumar和Zerodha创始人Flipkart公司首席执行官Kalyan•克里希纳穆尔蒂Nikhil Kamath参与收购Shunwei略低于10%的股份公司。
Radhakrishna说更多的当地领导人已经加入了古永锵在卡纳塔克邦等州,他预计发生在其他州。他说安全是极其重要的,因为古的平台。“现在,我们有黑客攻击每一天从像巴基斯坦这样的国家,中国,日本,俄罗斯和尼日利亚。我们能够确保我们是安全的,”他补充说。
在新社交媒体指南,他说,他们把每一个社交媒体公司在印度同样的竞技场。“否则,一个国际平台可能说,我将给你更多的言论自由和允许任何说。现在,有规则。这对我们是有好处的。作为一个小公司在印度注册,我们尊重土地的法律。现在这些指导方针,其他人,不论他们在哪里操作,还必须遵守国家法律,”他补充道。
指的是仇恨言论和错误的信息在社交媒体上,Radhakrishna说,社交媒体放大信息传播的速度是很重要的,人们不受到伤害的离线在线世界,是因为不负责任的人做的事。“我们有新起草指南社区,现在住在网站和应用程序。这些清晰地定义什么是对土地的法律。所有的这些都是在正确的方向上。我们想要在一个非常积极的空间。我们将尽力确保人受益更多。我们不希望任何用户得到伤害。”
Indian microblogging<\/a> platform Koo<\/a>, which surged in popularity following Twitter's stand off with the Indian government over allegedly provocative farmer protest posts, will foray into all official 22 Indian languages<\/a> this year, co-founder and CEO Aprameya Radhakrishna told ET.
Radhakrishna said the company is also working on new features such as ‘multi lingual’ Kooing and that the company wants to take Indian technology to the world.
“We have been growing steadily and are close to five million downloads and our monthly active users would be around half of that number. Our largest communities are in English and Hindi followed by Kannada, Marathi and Telugu, but we are planning to go deeper into Indian languages,” said Radhakrishna and added: “The voice of the Indian language speaker is absent on the internet and that is our primary thing to solve. We are coming up with new features. One of the things is multi lingual Kooing, which would enable users to post content in two languages through auto translation. This is a very unique Indian need and the first time ever that a social media<\/a> platform would be doing this. We will be in all official 22 Indian languages this year.”
Koo is also planning to introduce content in Urdu and Sanskrit and is currently present in eight Indian languages plus English, which includes beta testing plus fully launched languages.
Radhakrishna said apart from Europe, which has General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) guidelines, which the company is working on adhering to, users can download and use the app in other markets.
“We want to build Indian technology and take it to the world. There are enough countries across the world which have more than 90% population that does not know English. We will go global not just for Indians, but also for other countries. We will also introduce other overseas languages over time. But, first, the focus is India and Indian languages. Our growth will always be deeper in India,” he said.
About a week ago, Koo announced that Chinese venture capital firm Shunwei Capital had exited<\/a> from Bombinate Technologies Pvt Ltd, the parent company of Koo and knowledge sharing app Vokal.
Existing investors as well as a bunch of individuals, including former Indian cricketer Javagal Srinath, BookMyShow founder Ashish Hemrajani, Udaan co-founder Sujeet Kumar, Flipkart CEO Kalyan Krishnamurthy, and Zerodha founder Nikhil Kamath participated in buying out Shunwei’s just under 10% stake in the company.
Radhakrishna said more local leaders have joined Koo in states such as Karnataka and he expects that to happen with other states as well. He said security is extremely important because of the kind of platform Koo is. “Right now, we have hacking attempts every single day from countries like Pakistan, China, Japan, Russia and Nigeria. And we are able to make sure we are safe,” he added.
On the new social media guidelines, he said they put every social media company in India on to the same playing field. “Otherwise, an international platform could have said I will give you more freedom of speech and allowed anything to be said. Now, there are rules in place. That's good for us. As a small company registered in India, we respect the laws of the land. And now with these guidelines, everybody else also, irrespective of where they are operating from, will also have to follow the laws of the land,” he added.
Referring to hate speech and misinformation on social media, Radhakrishna said social media amplifies the velocity at which information spreads and it is important that people don't get harmed in the offline world because of something irresponsible that someone did online. “We have got freshly drafted guidelines for the community, which are now live on the website and the app. These clearly define what is against the laws of the land. All of this is in the right direction. We want to be in a very positive space. We will do our best to make sure that people benefit a lot more. We don't want any users getting harmed.”
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