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Sunday, January 13, 2013

Rest In Peace Aaron Swartz

Aaron Swartz commits suicide - The Tech: One comment (out of many) - ". . . Aaron represented the very best that youth has to offer the nation. There must have been several forces that drove him down this tragic end, but one, certainly, has to have been the ignorant and despicable governmental thugs that conspired and contributed to this loss. Just check his web site http://www.aaronsw.com to get a hint of his genius and humanity. I for one would like to know the names and organizations of those in government whose active participation caused resulted in this tragic end. My deepest sympathies to his family . . ."

Aaron Swartz, a celebrated internet freedom activist and early developer of ...
BBC News
Aaron Swartz, a celebrated internet freedom activist and early developer of the website Reddit, has died at 26. The activist and programmer took his life in his New York apartment, a relative and the state medical examiner said. His body was found on...

BBC News

Death of internet activist Aaron Swartz prompts flood of Twitter tributes
The Guardian
The death of Aaron Swartz, the Reddit co-founder and internet freedom activist who is reported to have killed himself in New York on Friday, prompted a flood of tributes on Twitter. Given Swartz's status as a committed and prominent advocate for online ...

The Guardian

Aaron Swartz, internet activist and builder of Reddit, dies at 26
The Guardian
A committed advocate for the freedom of information over the internet, Swartz had been facing a trial over allegations of hacking related to the downloading of millions of documents from the online research group JSTOR. Swartz pleaded not guilty last ...

The Guardian

Aaron Swartz, Reddit co-creator and Internet activist, dead at 26
GlobalPost
He also did a fellowship at Harvard's Ethics Center Lab on Institutional Corruption, and was a fervent activist for Internet freedom: Swartz founded Demand Progress, a group that campaigns against censorship of the world-wide web, according to CNN.

Cofounder of Reddit and Internet Freedom Fighter Kills Himself ...
By John Furrier
At the moment the Internet community is have a virtual wake. Aaron was a young star in the tech community who was known for doing the right things for good not money. Apparently on some bogus government shakedown by MIT related ...
SiliconANGLE

Internet freedom activist Aaron Swartz commits suicide - AfterDawn
R.I.P Aaron Swartz. Swartz, the celebrated Internet activist took his own life earlier today. He was 26. The programmer was also one of the original developers of Reddit ...
AfterDawn.com

Aaron Swartz, internet freedom activist, dies aged 26, page 1
By SaltireWarrior
Aaron Swartz, a celebrated internet freedom activist and early developer of the website Reddit, has died at 26. The activist and programmer took his life in his New York apartment, a relative and the state medical examiner said. His body was ...
AboveTopSecret.com New Topics...

Aaron Swartz, Reddit founder and internet freedom activist, commits ...
By Nancy Clayson
Aaron Swartz, a celebrated internet freedom activist and early developer of the website Reddit, has died at the age of 26.
BelleNews.com

Aaron Swartz, who co-authored the RSS 1.0 specification ... - WBEZ
Swartz, who at 14 co-authored the RSS 1.0 specification, which is widely used for publishing news stories, was often described as a brilliant thinker and architect in the Internet freedom movement by his close friends. He was also considered ...
WBEZ - Metro Desk


Rest in Peace, Aaron Swartz.





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