[11/12/24 - 08:02 AM] HBO Original Documentary "Surveilled" Debuts November 20 The film tracks Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Ronan Farrow as he investigates the growing business of commercial spyware, following the story from New York City to Tel Aviv, Israel, a center of espionage cybertechnology.
[via press release from HBO]
HBO Original Documentary SURVEILLED Debuts November 20
Film Follows Journalist Ronan Farrow's Investigation Into The Growing Business Of Commercial Spyware
· The HBO Original documentary SURVEILLED, produced by Ronan Farrow, and produced and directed by Emmy Award winning filmmakers Matthew O'Neill and Perri Peltz (HBO's "Axios," "Alternate Endings: Six New Ways to Die in America"), debuts WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20 (9:00-10:00 p.m. ET/PT) on HBO and will be available to stream on Max.
· Synopsis: SURVEILLED tracks Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Ronan Farrow as he investigates the growing business of commercial spyware, following the story from New York City to Tel Aviv, Israel, a center of espionage cybertechnology. Once a target of covert surveillance himself, Farrow explores the multi-billion-dollar industry, addressing the contradictory uses and implications of phone hacking - the ability to monitor criminal activity and the attendant threats to civil liberties.
Commercial spyware, capable of taking full control of cell phones without the owners' knowledge, and long billed as a tool purchased by governments to fight terrorism, is now appearing on the phones of activists, journalists, politicians, and ordinary people. SURVEILLED takes us inside the secretive industry and into the offices of the Israeli spyware company NSO Group, gaining rare access to the engineers and executives behind the controversial spyware Pegasus. As Farrow exposes the complex relationship between the spyware-makers and the big tech companies dedicated to preventing security breaches of their platforms, SURVEILLED illuminates a clandestine business reshaping contemporary concepts of privacy and power and reveals the ethical dilemmas that citizens and governments must now navigate in the brave new world of cyberespionage. As Farrow follows a reporting trail to Barcelona, Spain, and the largest documented mass-hack using commercial spyware, the film reflects on the human consequences for communities caught in the crossfire of 21st century cyberwarfare.
· Credits: HBO Documentary Films presents SURVEILLED. Produced and directed by Matthew O'Neill and Perri Peltz; produced by Ronan Farrow, Beth Morrissey and Unjin Lee; edited by David Meneses; original music by Mac Quayle; written by Ronan Farrow, Matthew O'Neill, and Perri Peltz. For HBO: executive producers, Nancy Abraham, Lisa Heller and Sara Rodriguez.
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