Koo introduces new features to make social media more secure. Examine the specifics

According to a statement, these are a “important step” toward achieving the stated goal.

Koo, an Indian competitor to Twitter, has launched new features with the goal of providing users with a safer social media experience, describing them as a “important step” toward that goal.

“In order to provide users with a wholesome community and meaningful engagement, Koo has identified few areas which have a high impact on user safety, that is child sexual abuse materials and nudity, toxic comments and hate speech, misinformation and disinformation, and impersonation, and is working to actively remove their occurrence on the platform,” the social media service said in a statement on Thursday.

What are the new features that Koo has announced?

(1.) No Nudity Algorithm: This option, according to Koo, will detect and block any attempt to upload an image or video containing child sexual abuse materials, nudity, or sexual content. The total time for detection and blocking will be less than 5 seconds.

(2.) MisRep Algorithm: This feature searches the platform for accounts impersonating well-known celebrities and blocks them. The photos and videos of the celebrities are immediately removed from the impersonating profile, which is flagged for future bad behavior monitoring.

(3.) Misinformation and Disinformation Algorithm: This option scans all viral and reported fake news based on public and private sources of fake news in real-time to detect and label misinformation and disinformation on a post.

(4.) Sexually explicit content: Users who post sexually explicit content will be immediately barred from doing so. These accounts will be ‘invisible’ to others, will no longer appear in trending posts, and will be unable to interact with others.

Toxic comments and hate speech will be actively detected and hidden or removed in less than 10 seconds. Users will be warned if they see excessive blood and gore in visuals or images.