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SURVEILLED Director Matthew O’Neill Talks Ronan Farrow & Pegasus on SOUNDS with Tom Needham

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The next episode of the SOUNDS Podcast with Tom Needham features an exclusive conversation with Emmy-winning filmmaker Matthew O’Neill, co-director of the eye-opening new HBO documentary “Surveilled.” Co-directed with Perri Peltz, the film is available to stream on Max. “Surveilled” takes a chilling look at the growing prevalence of commercial spyware, focusing on Pegasus, a tool developed by the Israeli cyber-intelligence firm NSO Group. The spyware, capable of covertly taking over cell phones without user knowledge, has been marketed to governments as a means to combat terrorism but has increasingly been used to target journalists, activists, politicians, and everyday citizens.


Matthew O’Neill discusses the investigative journey of Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Ronan Farrow, whose reporting drives the narrative of “Surveilled.” Farrow, once a target of cyber surveillance himself while reporting on Harvey Weinstein, uncovers the hidden world of spyware in the film. The documentary provides rare access to NSO Group’s engineers and executives and takes viewers from New York to Barcelona, revealing the largest documented mass-hack using Pegasus spyware. O’Neill and Peltz explore the complex relationship between spyware developers and the big tech companies working to prevent security breaches, offering a deeper understanding of the ethical dilemmas posed by these clandestine tools and their impact on global privacy and power dynamics.


“Surveilled” was recently a featured documentary at DOC NYC.


In this episode, Tom Needham and O’Neill delve into the film’s compelling revelations and its broader implications for modern society. With O’Neill’s background in creating hard-hitting documentaries like “Baghdad ER” and “Redemption,” the conversation sheds light on how “Surveilled” reflects the human consequences of 21st-century cyberwarfare. This episode is essential for anyone curious about the intersection of technology, journalism, and the ethical challenges shaping our digital age.

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The next episode of the SOUNDS Podcast with Tom Needham features an exclusive conversation with Emmy-winning filmmaker Matthew O’Neill, co-director of the eye-opening new HBO documentary “Surveilled.” Co-directed with Perri Peltz, the film is available to stream on Max. “Surveilled” takes a chilling look at the growing prevalence of commercial spyware, focusing on Pegasus, a tool developed by the Israeli cyber-intelligence firm NSO Group. The spyware, capable of covertly taking over cell phones without user knowledge, has been marketed to governments as a means to combat terrorism but has increasingly been used to target journalists, activists, politicians, and everyday citizens.


Matthew O’Neill discusses the investigative journey of Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Ronan Farrow, whose reporting drives the narrative of “Surveilled.” Farrow, once a target of cyber surveillance himself while reporting on Harvey Weinstein, uncovers the hidden world of spyware in the film. The documentary provides rare access to NSO Group’s engineers and executives and takes viewers from New York to Barcelona, revealing the largest documented mass-hack using Pegasus spyware. O’Neill and Peltz explore the complex relationship between spyware developers and the big tech companies working to prevent security breaches, offering a deeper understanding of the ethical dilemmas posed by these clandestine tools and their impact on global privacy and power dynamics.


“Surveilled” was recently a featured documentary at DOC NYC.


In this episode, Tom Needham and O’Neill delve into the film’s compelling revelations and its broader implications for modern society. With O’Neill’s background in creating hard-hitting documentaries like “Baghdad ER” and “Redemption,” the conversation sheds light on how “Surveilled” reflects the human consequences of 21st-century cyberwarfare. This episode is essential for anyone curious about the intersection of technology, journalism, and the ethical challenges shaping our digital age.

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