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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 372

Katy Lee

FILE - In this Thursday, March 26, 2015, file photo, Chief Technology Officer Mike Schroepfer talks about virtual reality while delivering a keynote address at the Facebook F8 Developers Conference, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)
October 18, 2021, 6:25 am
Facebook announces it’s hiring 10,000 people in EU to build ‘metaverse’
Tech giant is touting a virtual reality version of the internet that blurs lines between physical and digital worlds as the technology of the future
By Katy Lee
Illustrative image (iStock)
October 5, 2021, 4:44 pm
Why did Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp shut down; why did it take so long to fix?
Facebook’s technical infrastructure is unusually reliant on its own systems — and that proved disastrous on Monday
By Katy Lee and Daniel Hoffman
A logo adorns a wall on a branch of the Israeli NSO Group company, near the southern Israeli town of Sapir, August 24, 2021. (AP/Sebastian Scheiner)
October 5, 2021, 11:24 am
Scandal-hit Israeli phone-snooping firm backs international spyware rules
In letter to the United Nations, NSO Group suggests that companies in the sector should be forced to have human rights compliance systems in place
By Katy Lee and Fabien Zamora
The streaming video platform Twitch logo seen on a tablet screen in July 2019. (Martin Bureau/AFP via Getty Images/JTA)
August 29, 2021, 11:14 am
Twitch gamers protest ‘hate raids’ suffered by LGBTQ, Black, Jewish streamers
Online campaign accuses video gaming giant of failing to take adequate action against torrent of antisemitic, sexist and homophobic abuse
By Julie JAMMOT and Katy Lee
An Afghan takes a selfie with Taliban fighters on patrol in Kabul, Afghanistan, on August 19, 2021. (AP/Rahmat Gul)
August 20, 2021, 9:35 am
Banned by Facebook but not Twitter, Taliban maneuver in a social media dilemma
Critics say the insurgent group is being provided a megaphone to legitimize itself on online platforms, as its spokesman denies ‘poisonous propaganda’ to over 350,000 followers
By Katy Lee
A Facebook App logo displayed on a smartphone in Los Angeles, March 1, 2021. (Chris Delmas/AFP/File)
July 24, 2021, 9:29 am
Can Facebook’s $1 billion gamble help it regain lost cool?
Social media giant, increasingly seen as ‘old’ by younger generation, has announced a new plan to pay content creators
By Katy Lee
File: Hungarian investigative journalist Szabolcs Panyi, whose number was on a leaked list of phones reportedly being targeted by Israeli-made spyware, looks at his mobile phone on July 20, 2021, in Budapest (GERGELY BESENYEI/AFP)
July 23, 2021, 8:22 am
Spyware for sale: The booming trade in surveillance tech
Israel’s NSO Group is in the eye of a storm over its Pegasus software, but is far from the only company helping governments with covert operations
By Katy Lee
A protester holds a sign reading "Macron stop hiding" near the Champs Elysees avenue in Paris on December 8, 2018 during a "yellow vests" (gilets jaunes) demonstration protesting rising costs of living they blame on high taxes. (Thomas Samson/AFP)
December 9, 2018, 8:10 am
All eyes on Macron after fresh ‘yellow vest’ protests hit Paris
French president to deliver key speech as second round of demonstrations draws over 125,000 nationwide angered by tax cuts for rich
By Katy Lee and Clare BYRNE
France's President Francois Hollande, right, stands next to German President Joachim Gauck, left, as they pay respect in the crypt of the the National Monument of Hartmannswillerkop, in Wattwiller, eastern France, Sunday, August 3, 2014, to mark the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of World War I. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, Pool)
November 4, 2018, 6:14 am
World leaders to descend on France for WWI commemorations
Macron to use international spotlight to issue rallying cry against populism — in the presence of ‘America First’ Trump and other nationalist leaders
By Jérôme RIVET and Katy Lee
This picture taken on June 14, 2018 in Paris shows part of a bulletproof glass wall to be set around the Eiffel tower as an anti-terrorism measure. (AFP/Philippe Lopez)
June 15, 2018, 12:16 am
Paris puts final touches on Eiffel Tower anti-terror walls
Thick bulletproof glass made ‘rock-solid for absolute security’ and metal fences surround French iconic landmark to protect tourists from attacks
By Charlotte Durand and Katy Lee
France's President Emmanuel Macron (L) talks with US President Donald Trump on the first day of the G-20 summit in Hamburg, Germany, July 7, 2017. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn, File)
April 16, 2018, 1:42 am
France convinced Trump to stay in Syria ‘for the long term,’ says Macron
French president also says he persuaded his US counterpart to limit air strikes to chemical weapons sites
By Katy Lee
Illustrative: French police officers in Paris, April 20, 2017. (AFP Photo/Franck Fife)
March 15, 2018, 9:34 pm
French arrest warrant out for Saudi crown prince’s sister
Princess Hassa bint Salman accused of having bodyguard assault construction worker for taking pictures of her while in Paris
By Sophie Deviller and Katy Lee
National Front leader Marine Le Pen attends the far-right party's annual congress in the French city of Lille on March 10, 2018. (AFP Photo/Philippe Huguen)
March 13, 2018, 9:18 am
Le Pen’s rebranding of far-right party off to rocky start
Party founder, her dad, calls proposed name change a ‘political assassination,’ while survey suggests only bare majority of FN members support change
By Katy Lee and Anne Renaut
Yahya al-Aridi, representative for the Syrian Negotiations Commision (SNC), arrives at the United Nations Office in Vienna on January 26, 2018 (AFP PHOTO / ALEX HALADA)
January 27, 2018, 10:49 am
Syria opposition to boycott Russian peace talks
At separate conference in Vienna, UN envoy expresses ‘immense frustration’ at lack of progress on a political settlement
By Simon Sturdee and Katy Lee
Former United Nations (UN) secretary-general Kofi Annan poses during a photo session in Paris, December 11, 2017. (JOEL SAGET/AFP)
December 12, 2017, 4:57 pm
Leaders needed to fix global ‘mess,’ says Kofi Annan
Members of The Elders group speak about the state of international affairs in the era of the Trump administration
By Katy Lee and Adam PLOWRIGHT
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