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New documentary details how governments use spyware to monitor citizens’ phones

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Summary
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64% Informative

HBO original documentary, “Surveilled,” says some governments use commercial spyware to monitor their own citizens.

John Yang speaks with Pulitzer Prize -winning investigative journalist Ronan Farrow , who produced the documentary.

Yang is the anchor of PBS News Weekend and a correspondent for the PBS News Hour .

VR Score

66

Informative language

64

Neutral language

54

Article tone

formal

Language

English

Language complexity

51

Offensive language

not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

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no external sources

Source diversity

no sources

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