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After the bill's defeat, Swartz was the keynote speaker at the F2C:Freedom to Connect 2012 event in Washington, D.C., on May 21, 2012. In his speech, "How We Stopped SOPA", he said: This bill ... shut down whole websites. Essentially, it stopped Americans from communicating entirely with certain groups....
A profile of Aaron Swartz, a child prodigy, Internet pioneer and activist who committed suicide in 2013 after facing a harsh prosecution for allegedly hacking MIT. The article explores his achievements, causes, challenges and legacy in the online world.
Jan 12, 2013 · Aaron Swartz, a wizardly programmer who as a teenager helped develop code that delivered ever-changing Web content to users and who later became a steadfast crusader to make that information...
Aaron Swartz was a prominent activist, writer, and developer who worked on issues such as Internet censorship, institutional corruption, and data sharing. He cofounded Reddit, the Open Library, and theinfo.org, and coauthored the RSS 1.0 specification.
Jan 20, 2023 · Aaron Swartz was a computer programmer and activist who fought against the privatization of knowledge and downloaded millions of scientific articles from JSTOR. He committed suicide in 2013 after facing legal troubles and became a symbol of the hacktivist movement.
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Aaron Swartz was a computer programming prodigy and activist who played an instrumental role in the campaign for a free and open Internet and used technology to fight social, corporate and political injustices.
Sep 10, 2013 · When Aaron Swartz died in January 2013 at the age of 26, his ideals and his achievements had already put him in the company of Internet luminaries twice his age. For these achievements, he was inducted posthumously into the Internet Hall of Fame on Aug. 3 in Berlin. “Aaron is one of us.”
