Venkat Ananth

Journalist, TOI

Currently in my eleventh year in journalism, I work with The Economic Times as a Senior Assistant Editor, where I write deep-dives on technology and policy. Prior to this, I was a Staff Writer at The ...

Currently in my eleventh year in journalism, I work with The Economic Times as a Senior Assistant Editor, where I write deep-dives on technology and policy. Prior to this, I was a Staff Writer at The Ken, where I wrote deeply-reported stories on technology and policy since September 2016. I have also worked at other publications, including Mint, where I used to track and report on developments in the business and politics of sport, among other things. I hold a masters degree in international studies from Goldsmiths, University of London. I can be reached at @venkatananth on Twitter, and my official email is venkat.ananth@timesgroup.com

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Stories by the author

• Let’s talk sex, India: Young entrepreneurs mix content and commerce to educate and earn

  
  10 mins read27 Feb 2021
• How the new digital regulations threaten media freedom

  
  27 Feb 2021 10:57 PM IST
• Koo and the quest for an Atmanirbhar social network

  
  13 Feb 2021 11:00 PM IST
• Mission Bengal: How the use of social media is reaching a hitherto unseen feverish pitch

  
  06 Feb 2021 11:01 PM IST
• The great deplatforming: How Trump lost his social media platforms

  
  7 mins read23 Jan 2021
• As Joe Biden takes oath of office, cracks appear in the Cult of Q

  
  4 mins read22 Jan 2021
• Debt trap: Inside the world of shady digital lending apps, which promise a loan in a minute

  
  16 Jan 2021 11:00 PM IST
• Tractor to Twitter: How farmers developed their social media plan to convey their views

  
  02 Jan 2021 11:01 PM IST
• 2021: Sporting world to see monetisation beyond match-day tickets and food and beverages

  
  3 mins read26 Dec 2020
• 2021: Technology platforms will bear the brunt of the free speech debate

  
  3 mins read26 Dec 2020
• The crackdown on online gaming threatens to cripple a nascent but promising industry

  
  19 Dec 2020 11:01 PM IST
• Will free speech pay the price as governments across the world ask social media platforms to moderate content?

  
  14 mins read28 Nov 2020
• Binge listening: How the lockdown has cranked up the volume in the podcast market

  
  11 mins read21 Nov 2020
• Political parties are working extensively on digital campaigns in the run-up to Bihar elections

  
  28 Oct 2020 06:00 AM IST
• Why some ‘progressive’ Twitterati got agitated after last weekend’s elections in Bolivia

  
  22 Oct 2020 12:10 AM IST
• Fantasy sports in India gaining fast popularity on the back of IPL

  
  17 Oct 2020 11:01 PM IST
• The strange, sometimes sinister conspiracy theories on Sushant Singh Rajput’s death that flourished on social media

  
  13 Oct 2020 04:04 PM IST
• How its success is beginning to turn into a problem for Facebook in India

  
  14 Sep 2020 12:02 PM IST
• How official affiliates circumvented Facebook’s political ad policies in 2019 elections and beyond

  
  31 Aug 2020 09:07 PM IST

• Policy and regulations

  Vidhi and the making of India’s data protection law

  
  17 mins read27 Aug 2020

• Policy and regulations

  Vidhi: inside India’s most influential legal think tank

  
  24 mins read26 Aug 2020
• Inside Facebook’s early days of lobbying in India, led by Ankhi Das

  
  18 Aug 2020 08:26 AM IST
• A Bengaluru venture wants to replicate UPI's success in mobility, ecomm

  
  7 mins read15 Aug 2020
• Filling the void: Clones clock up big demand on TikTok ban and Covid-19 pandemic

  
  4 mins read10 Aug 2020
• Here's how Covid-19 could prove to be a catalyst for India’s SaaS sector

  
  15 mins read25 Jul 2020
• A bridge too far? Aarogya Setu, ​India's gamechanger app, is losing its charm

  
  11 Jul 2020 11:00 PM IST
• Mumbai-based SaaS startup BrowserStack acquires Bay Area company, Percy

  
  09 Jul 2020 08:30 PM IST
• India's ban on Chinese apps: What next?

  
  30 Jun 2020 02:07 PM IST
• Instagram’s take three: Vocal for local finds few takers. For now.

  
  4 mins read23 Jun 2020
• TikTok in line of fire as anti-China sentiments rise

  
  22 Jun 2020 04:34 AM IST
• Chinese social media users insult India, show aggression

  
  18 Jun 2020 11:57 PM IST
• Many BellTroxes: Delhi is now India’s hacker hub

  
  10 Jun 2020 06:45 PM IST
• Google axes ‘Remove China Apps’ citing policy violations

  
  03 Jun 2020 11:40 AM IST
• Roast, rage, jealousy, cringe. Who'll have the last laugh in YouTube vs TikTok's online 'class wars'?

  
  26 May 2020 02:51 PM IST
• Facebook's strange one rupee bazaar

  
  19 May 2020 12:10 PM IST
• JioMart wants you to buy small and buy often

  
  08 May 2020 04:18 AM IST
• Platforms hear disturbing voices from ‘Bois Locker Room’

  
  06 May 2020 01:03 AM IST
• Lockdown’s harvest: Niche grocers are filling many more baskets

  
  27 Apr 2020 07:47 AM IST
• How Facebook is logging into the Reliance Jio ecosystem

  
  22 Apr 2020 10:22 PM IST
• Hackers are a busy lot in these lockdown days

  
  18 Apr 2020 08:05 AM IST
• 'Aarogya Setu's not all that healthy for a person's privacy’

  
  13 Apr 2020 04:27 AM IST
• Government requests social media platforms to promote Aarogya Setu

  
  10 Apr 2020 02:25 PM IST
• Beyond contact-tracing, Aarogya Setu may find use in policy inputs

  
  10 Apr 2020 12:50 PM IST
• As Covid-19 cases rise in India, “Covtech” based surveillance intensifies

  
  29 Mar 2020 07:23 PM IST
• Leaks, WhatsApp rumours add to quarantine blues

  
  27 Mar 2020 11:39 PM IST