| The move by Apple is the latest in an escalating global campaign against NSO over surveillance abuses against smartphone users. Earlier this month, the U.S. government barred American companies from doing business with NSO, accusing the company of acting against U.S. interests. In July, The Washington Post and 16 other news outlets published a multi-part series of articles detailing how NSO's Pegasus software had been used to target journalists, human rights activists, diplomats and politicians. | 
