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Feb 10, 2018 · The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz (Must Watch Documentary 2014)
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Both moving and inspirational, this film is about the life of computer programmer, writer, political organizer and internet activist Aaron Swartz, who commit...
Programming prodigy and information activist Aaron Swartz has his fingerprints all over the internet - he was integral to the development of the basic internet protocol RSS and co-founded the global social news and entertainment website Reddit. But it was Swartz's groundbreaking work in social justice and politics combined with his aggressive approach to information access that ensnared him in ...
Jun 27, 2014 · Programming prodigy and information activist Aaron Swartz achieved groundbreaking work in social justice and political organizing. His passion for open access ensnared him in a legal nightmare that ended with the taking of his own life at the age of 26. Brian Knappenberger. Director, Writer. Programming prodigy and information activist Aaron ...
Aug 24, 2014 · The Internet’s Own Boy chronicles the life and work of internet activist and programming prodigy Aaron Swartz. Swartz was involved in pioneering web development projects from an early age. However, his social and political activism and his aggressive stance on free access to information put him in trouble with the US government. It resulted ...
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Jul 6, 2014 · Movie Interview: Brian Knappenberger, Director Of 'The Internet's Own Boy' : All Tech Considered Programmer and activist Aaron Swartz was a "complex person," says filmmaker Brian Knappenberger. He ...
Jun 26, 2014 · by Scott Tobias. For advocates of a free and democratic Internet, Aaron Swartz’s January 2013 death was a terrible loss in both a real sense and a symbolic one. As the title of the sympathetic profile The Internet’s Own Boy suggests, Swartz was a savant who understood the web as few ever did. His résumé starts in his early teens and ...
