Lydia Emmanouilidou

Reporter

Lydia Emmanouilidou is a tech reporter for the World, covering online platforms, internet culture, digital privacy, cybersecurity, election security, and many other topics — all with a global bend.

Before joining The World, Lydia was a higher education reporter and producer for WGBH in Boston. She also worked for NPR’s investigative unit where she contributed to several award-winning series.

'We don't want another lost school year': Widespread protests in Greece over lack of coronavirus safety in schools

The World

October 07, 2020

While many schools around the world have kept their doors closed because of the pandemic, the Greek government opened all primary and secondary schools for in-person learning last month, despite an uptick in COVID-19 cases in the country.

Global Politics

Greeks celebrate court ruling on neo-Nazi group Golden Dawn

The World

October 07, 2020

Large crowds gathered in Athens on Wednesday following a five-year trial as the judges announced a series of decisions involving members of the neo-Nazi group Golden Dawn, including that the leaders ran a criminal group.

Refugees

Migrants displaced by Lesbos fire say conditions at new camp are inhumane

The World

September 21, 2020

Greek authorities have moved almost all of the 12,000 displaced migrants and refugees on Lesbos island into a new camp after the Moria camp where they were living was destroyed by fire.

Migrants displaced by fire at Moria camp on Lesbos: 'Nobody’s life is safe here'

The World

September 14, 2020

Most of the migrants spend their days and nights on the side of the road, taking shelter under canopies they’ve cobbled together using the little they have and whatever else they can find: sticks, olive branches, blankets.

Migration

Thousands of refugees sleep in streets after fire destroys Greece's Moria camp

The World

September 11, 2020

The destruction of the camp on the Greek island of Lesbos worsened an already dire situation for refugees and asylum-seekers on the island.

US-China relations

WeChat users in the US rankled by potential ban on the app

The World

August 20, 2020

WeChat, a wildly popular app in China and among the Chinese diaspora, could soon become unavailable in the US, after President Donald Trump signed an executive order targeting the app over security concerns.

Free speech

Turkey passes ‘draconian’ social media legislation

The World

July 28, 2020

Updated

07/29/2020 - 9:00am

Turkey’s parliament approved a law early Wednesday that gives authorities greater power to regulate social media despite concerns of growing censorship.

Social media companies pause govt requests for user data from Hong Kong

The World

July 06, 2020

Updated

07/08/2020 - 9:30am

They are reacting to a controversial national security law imposed by Beijing on Hong Kong.

Refugees

Under Greek law change, thousands of refugees could soon become homeless

The World

June 30, 2020

The Greek government says it wants to make room for asylum-seekers waiting out their applications in camps on the Greek islands and elsewhere. More than 6,000 refugees are at risk of being evicted and that number will keep growing every month.

US officials blast Apple for not unlocking Pensacola gunman’s phones

The World

May 19, 2020

In a statement to The World, Apple denied accusations that it didn’t help US investigators, who sought to gain access to password-protected devices belonging to a gunman who killed three US sailors and injured eight others in a December 2019 shooting in Pensacola, Florida.

Lydia Emmanouilidou

Recent Stories

'We don't want another lost school year': Widespread protests in Greece over lack of coronavirus safety in schools

Greeks celebrate court ruling on neo-Nazi group Golden Dawn

Migrants displaced by Lesbos fire say conditions at new camp are inhumane

Migrants displaced by fire at Moria camp on Lesbos: 'Nobody’s life is safe here'

Thousands of refugees sleep in streets after fire destroys Greece's Moria camp

WeChat users in the US rankled by potential ban on the app

Turkey passes ‘draconian’ social media legislation

Updated

Social media companies pause govt requests for user data from Hong Kong

Updated

Under Greek law change, thousands of refugees could soon become homeless

US officials blast Apple for not unlocking Pensacola gunman’s phones

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