In "Targeted by a Text", Fault Lines investigates how a powerful
technology, Pegasus, is being used to hack into the iPhones of human
rights activists, dissidents, lawyers and journalists.

After the killing of Saudi dissident Jamal Khashoggi, it was revealed
that one of his associates, a Saudi dissident based in Canada, was
targeted by Pegasus, a software suite with the ability to take advantage
of vulnerabilities in the iPhone's operating system.

Saudi Arabia is one of several countries that purchased the product,
which was developed by NSO Group, a secretive Israeli company. While the
company claims its tool is used to target criminals and terrorists,
there is evidence to suggest it has been used against family members of
murder victims and human rights investigators.

The film shows how NSO Group operates among a burgeoning global industry
of shadowy cyber-weapons sellers, competing with one another for
lucrative government contracts and what this means for the privacy of
people who challenge the authority of their country's elite.

In Mexico, we'll talk to journalists targeted with Pegasus attacks. In
London, we'll meet Yahya Assiri, a Saudi dissident living in self-exile
and Pegasus target, who was in daily contact with Jamal Khashoggi. Most
of what is known about Pegasus and NSO Group comes from the research at
CitizenLab. The director will walk us through how they have created a
global map of Pegasus infections