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Sep 17, 2024 · September 17, 2024 by Rob Kelly. Reddit Co-founder Aaron Swartz’s life sounds like a Silicon Valley fairy tale—until the feds come knocking. It’s the story of a programming prodigy taking on the government and corporate greed head-to-head. Because he feels their f*ckin with our freedom.
5 days ago · 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.
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Sep 7, 2024 · “T here is no justice in following unjust laws,” wrote the computer programmer, open-data crusader, and Internet activist Aaron Swartz, who took his own life at the age of twenty-six on...
Sep 25, 2024 · The six-part miniseries is directed by Brian Knappenberger, a documentarian known for The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz, and features interviews, reports, and archival footage...
Sep 11, 2024 · Netflix released its first-ever documentary series about the day in detail in 2021, coinciding with its 20th anniversary. Directed by Brian Knappenberger (The Internet’s Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz), the series uses interviews and exclusive footage to chronicle the before and after.
Sep 15, 2024 · MIT’s President has issued a statement in the wake of the suicide of renowed programmer and web activist Aaron Swartz, who killed himself last week awaiting federal trial on 13 felony counts.
6 days ago · A smart, lively history of the Internet free culture movement and its larger effects on society—and the life and shocking suicide of Aaron Swartz, a founding developer of Reddit and Creative Commons—from Slate correspondent Justin Peters.
