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After Nigeria bans Twitter, India's Koo eyes an expansion opportunity

On Friday, the Nigerian government indefinitely suspended Twitter, after the social media giant had deleted a tweet from the country's President Muhammadu Buhari's account for violating its rules.

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Indian microblogging platform Koo may consider drawing in Nigerian audiences to the platform by providing its interface in the local languages of that country. 
 
“@kooindia is available in Nigeria. We're thinking of enabling the local languages there too. What say?” wrote Koo cofounder Aprameya Radhakrishna on Twitter. 
 
On Friday, the Nigerian government indefinitely suspended Twitter, after the social media giant had deleted a tweet from the country’s President Muhammadu Buhari's account for violating its rules.
@kooindia is available in Nigeria. We're thinking of enabling the local languages there too. What say? pic.twitter.com/NUia1h0xUi
— Aprameya

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