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.infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard"><caption class="infobox-title fn org">Koo</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Koo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ad/Koo.svg/150px-Koo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ad/Koo.svg/225px-Koo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ad/Koo.svg/300px-Koo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="316" data-file-height="316" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Koo's logo</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Koo_(app)_screenshot.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b4/Koo_%28app%29_screenshot.png/330px-Koo_%28app%29_screenshot.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="143" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b4/Koo_%28app%29_screenshot.png/450px-Koo_%28app%29_screenshot.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b4/Koo_%28app%29_screenshot.png 2x" data-file-width="457" data-file-height="218" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Koo's homepage on desktop version</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Type of business</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Privately_held_company" title="Privately held company">Private</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Type of site</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Microblogging" title="Microblogging">Microblogging</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Social_networking_service" title="Social networking service">Social networking service</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/News" title="News">News</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Available in</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Multilingualism" title="Multilingualism">Multilingual</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">14 November 2019<span style="display: none;"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2019-11-14</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Dissolution_(law)" title="Dissolution (law)">Dissolved</a></th><td class="infobox-data">3 July 2024<span style="display: none;"> (<span class="dtend itvend">2024-7-03</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/Bangalore" class="mw-redirect" title="Bangalore">Bangalore</a>, <a href="/wiki/Karnataka" title="Karnataka">Karnataka</a>, India</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country of origin</th><td class="infobox-data">India</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Area served</th><td class="infobox-data">Worldwide</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Owner</th><td class="infobox-data">Koo Corporation Pvt Ltd</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Organizational_founder" title="Organizational founder">Founder(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409" /><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li>Aprameya Radhakrishna</li> <li>Mayank Bidawatka</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Key people</th><td class="infobox-data">Aprameya Radhakrishna (CEO)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Industry</th><td class="infobox-data category"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409" /><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Internet" title="Internet">Internet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Social_media" title="Social media">Social media</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Social_networking_service" title="Social networking service">Social networking service</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Social_network_advertising" title="Social network advertising">Social network advertising</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Employees</th><td class="infobox-data">200 (September 2021)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">URL</th><td class="infobox-data url"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.kooapp.com/">kooapp.com</a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Online_advertising" title="Online advertising">Advertising</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Yes</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Commercial</th><td class="infobox-data">Yes</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Registration</th><td class="infobox-data">Optional</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Registered_user" title="Registered user">Users</a></th><td class="infobox-data">60 million (November 2022)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Launched</th><td class="infobox-data">2020</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Current status</th><td class="infobox-data category">Defunct</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Computing_platform" title="Computing platform">Native client(s) on</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/IOS" title="IOS">iOS</a>, <a href="/wiki/Android_(operating_system)" title="Android (operating system)">Android</a>, <a href="/wiki/Internet" title="Internet">Web</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Koo</b> was an Indian <a href="/wiki/Microblogging" title="Microblogging">microblogging</a> and <a href="/wiki/Social_networking_service" title="Social networking service">social networking service</a>, owned by <a href="/wiki/Bangalore" class="mw-redirect" title="Bangalore">Bangalore</a>-based Bombinate Technologies.<sup id="cite_ref-TH_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TH-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ET_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ET-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was co-founded by entrepreneurs Aprameya Radhakrishna and Mayank Bidawatka.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The app was launched in early 2020; it won the government's Atmanirbhar App Innovation Challenge which selected the best apps from some 7,000 entries across the country.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As of November 2022, the company was valued at over $275 million.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Investors in Bombinate Technologies include <a href="/wiki/Tiger_Global_Management" title="Tiger Global Management">Tiger Global Management</a>, Blume Ventures, <a href="/wiki/Vani_Kola" title="Vani Kola">Kalaari Capital</a> and <a href="/wiki/Accel_(company)" title="Accel (company)">Accel</a>, and former <a href="/wiki/Infosys" title="Infosys">Infosys</a> CFO TV Mohandas Pai's 3one4 Capital.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 3 July 2024, the founders announced their decision to shut down the platform. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Koo_(social_network)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Initial_growth">Initial growth</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Koo_(social_network)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Initial growth"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>According to statistics provided by analytics provider Sensor Tower, Koo saw 2.6 million installs from Indian app stores in 2020, compared to 2.8 crore (28 million) installs observed for <a href="/wiki/Twitter" title="Twitter">Twitter</a>. From 6 to 11 February, the installations of Koo increased rapidly. The app increased in popularity after a weeklong standoff between Twitter and the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_India" title="Government of India">Government of India</a> over Twitter's refusal to block accounts during the <a href="/wiki/2020%E2%80%932021_Indian_farmers%27_protest" title="2020–2021 Indian farmers' protest">2020–2021 Indian farmers' protest</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-twitterclash_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-twitterclash-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Perrigo_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Perrigo-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The government demanded that Twitter block the accounts of hundreds of activists, journalists, and politicians, accusing them of spreading misinformation.<sup id="cite_ref-Perrigo_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Perrigo-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Twitter complied with a majority of the orders, but refused some, citing <a href="/wiki/Freedom_of_speech" title="Freedom of speech">freedom of expression</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-twitterclash_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-twitterclash-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following this standoff, many <a href="/wiki/Union_Council_of_Ministers" title="Union Council of Ministers">Cabinet Ministers</a> such as <a href="/wiki/Piyush_Goyal" title="Piyush Goyal">Piyush Goyal</a>, various government officials & supporters of the <a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a> moved to Koo and urged their supporters to follow. This led to a surge in Koo's user base.<sup id="cite_ref-twitterclash_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-twitterclash-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In April 2021, <a href="/wiki/Ravi_Shankar_Prasad" title="Ravi Shankar Prasad">Ravi Shankar Prasad</a> became the first minister with 2.5 million followers on Koo.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Koo_in_Nigeria">Koo in Nigeria</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Koo_(social_network)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Koo in Nigeria"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Koo was the go-to alternative to Twitter in <a href="/wiki/Nigeria" title="Nigeria">Nigeria</a> after the country indefinitely <a href="/wiki/Ban_of_Twitter_in_Nigeria" class="mw-redirect" title="Ban of Twitter in Nigeria">banned Twitter</a> for deleting a tweet by Nigerian President <a href="/wiki/Muhammadu_Buhari" title="Muhammadu Buhari">Muhammadu Buhari</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The tweet had threatened a crackdown on regional separatists "in the language they understand". Twitter claimed the post was in violation of Twitter rules, but gave no further details. Twitter was officially banned in Nigeria on 5 June 2021. The <a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Nigeria" title="Politics of Nigeria">Government of Nigeria</a> created their official Koo account five days later on 10 June.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2022, it was reported that Nigerian government officials had stopped using Koo after the ban on Twitter was lifted.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Koo_in_Brazil">Koo in Brazil</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Koo_(social_network)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Koo in Brazil"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After crises involving <a href="/wiki/Acquisition_of_Twitter_by_Elon_Musk" title="Acquisition of Twitter by Elon Musk">the acquisition of Twitter by Elon Musk</a> in 2022, Koo became an attractive social network for Brazilian users.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to one of the founders, Aprameya Radhakrishna, until 16 November, only two thousand Brazilian users used Koo, which placed Brazil in position 75 on the list of countries with the most lifetime unique users. On the 18th alone, more than a million Brazilians registered on the social network, which placed Brazil in second place on the list.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The app featured at number 1 in the Google's Play Store and Apple's App Store in Brazil. Soon Portuguese support was added in the App.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Koo received so many submissions and comments that the site became unstable. Personalities such as <a href="/wiki/Felipe_Neto" title="Felipe Neto">Felipe Neto</a>, <a href="/wiki/Casimiro_(streamer)" title="Casimiro (streamer)">Casimiro</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bruno_Gagliasso" title="Bruno Gagliasso">Bruno Gagliasso</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pocah" title="Pocah">Pocah</a> created their accounts on the social network. The name "Koo", which has the same pronunciation as "cu", a vulgar term for the <a href="/wiki/Anus" title="Anus">anus</a> in Portuguese language, drew attention of users.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Koo held a poll on Twitter asking Brazilians if the name of the social network should be changed, which was rejected. Koo reached the Top 3 of Twitter's trending topics in Brazil.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Funding">Funding</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Koo_(social_network)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Funding"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As of May 2021, Koo investors include <a href="/wiki/Accel_(company)" title="Accel (company)">Accel</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vani_Kola" title="Vani Kola">Kalaari Capital</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-moneycontrol_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-moneycontrol-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Blume Ventures, Dream Incubator, 3one4 Capital, Blume Ventures, <a href="/wiki/India_Infoline" title="India Infoline">IIFL</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Mirae_Asset_Financial_Group" title="Mirae Asset Financial Group">Mirae Asset</a>. On 26 May 2021, Koo raised $30 million (about ₹218 crore) in Series B funding, led by <a href="/wiki/Tiger_Global_Management" title="Tiger Global Management">Tiger Global Management</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After raising $30 million from Tiger Global Management, Koo's valuation increased, reaching over $100 million, up from about $25 million in February.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Shunwei_Capital" title="Shunwei Capital">Shunwei Capital</a> sold its whole stake in Koo by March 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 25 November 2022, Koo further raised $6 million in a funding round led Accel Partners and Tiger Global.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Interface_and_features">Interface and features</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Koo_(social_network)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Interface and features"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Logo">Logo</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Koo_(social_network)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Logo"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Koo's logo is a yellow bird. The design of the bird was streamlined on 14 May 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="User_experience">User experience</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Koo_(social_network)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: User experience"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Koo's interface is similar to that of <a href="/wiki/Twitter" title="Twitter">Twitter</a>, allowing users to categorize their posts with <a href="/wiki/Hashtag" title="Hashtag">hashtags</a> and tag other users in mentions or replies. Similarly to the terms tweet and retweet, to make a post on Koo is to <i>koo</i>, and sharing or reposting an existing koo, to <i>re-koo</i>. Koo uses a yellow and white interface.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 4 May 2021, Koo introduced a new feature called "Talk to Type" which allows its users to create a post with the app's voice assistant.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Koo <a href="/wiki/Check_mark" title="Check mark">marks</a> verified accounts with a yellow-coloured tick.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 14 March 2023, the company integrated <a href="/wiki/ChatGPT" title="ChatGPT">ChatGPT</a> in Koo so that users can use it to create content and posts.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Languages">Languages</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Koo_(social_network)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Languages"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Koo was first launched in <a href="/wiki/Kannada" title="Kannada">Kannada</a><sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and supports <a href="/wiki/Hindi" title="Hindi">Hindi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Indian_English" title="Indian English">English</a>, <a href="/wiki/Portuguese_language" title="Portuguese language">Portuguese</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tamil_language" title="Tamil language">Tamil</a>, <a href="/wiki/Telugu_language" title="Telugu language">Telugu</a>, <a href="/wiki/Assamese_language" title="Assamese language">Assamese</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Marathi_language" title="Marathi language">Marathi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bengali_language" title="Bengali language">Bengali</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gujarati_language" title="Gujarati language">Gujarati</a>, <a href="/wiki/Punjabi_language" title="Punjabi language">Punjabi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hausa_language" title="Hausa language">Hausa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Spanish_language" title="Spanish language">Spanish</a>, <a href="/wiki/Italian_language" title="Italian language">Italian</a>, <a href="/wiki/German_language" title="German language">German</a>, <a href="/wiki/French_language" title="French language">French</a>, <a href="/wiki/Thai_language" title="Thai language">Thai</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vietnamese_language" title="Vietnamese language">Vietnamese</a>, <a href="/wiki/Turkish_language" title="Turkish language">Turkish</a>, <a href="/wiki/Korean_language" title="Korean language">Korean</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Security_incidents">Security incidents</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Koo_(social_network)&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Security incidents"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In February 2021, a <a href="/wiki/Computer_security" title="Computer security">cybersecurity</a> expert showed a data breach on the app, but the company rejected the claim.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 19 November 2022, an update caused a vulnerability allowing profiles to be hacked. KooForBrasil's Twitter profile admitted the failure and apologized saying that there had never been an invasion before.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reception">Reception</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Koo_(social_network)&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Reception"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>2020 - Koo got <i>Rank 2</i> in the Government of India's '<a href="/wiki/Atmanirbhar_Bharat" title="Atmanirbhar Bharat">Atmanirbhar Bharat</a> App Innovation Challenge' in the Social category.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2021 - Koo was ranked among the <i>Top 3</i> social media products in APAC (Asia-pacific) region as per the Amplitude report.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2022 - Koo CEO Aprameya Radhakrishnan was recognized as the Top 100 global tech changemakers.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Crisis_and_closure">Crisis and closure</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Koo_(social_network)&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Crisis and closure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In April 2024, it was reported that Koo faced difficulties paying employee salaries for April, and that future salaries could only be paid when a potential sale of Koo completed.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 3 July 2024, the founders announced their decision to shut the platform down due to an unpredictable market, failed partnerships and the high cost of technology services involved. 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