FILE PHOTO: Twitter logo is seen on smartphone in front of displayed Koo app logo in this illustration taken, February 10, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Indian social-media app Koo is witnessing a surge in popularity, fuelled by politicians and others flocking to it after U.S. rival Twitter Inc refused to follow a government order to block certain content on its platform.
Twitter has locked horns with New Delhi this month over the order to remove more than 1,100 accounts and posts which the government says are spreading misinformation about farmer protests against new agricultural laws.
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