U.S. Delays Investigation Into Aaron Swartz Prosecution
The partner of late internet freedom activist Aaron Swartz has accused the US Department of Justice of “dragging its heels” over an investigation into his prosecution after it emerged that his political beliefs played a role in its case against him
White House Must Account for Aaron Swartz
A White House petition calling for the firing of prosecutor Stephen Heymann, who handled the case against Aaron Swartz, has reached the threshold of signatures needed to warrant an official White House response
The New Guardians of our Civil Liberties
A decade-plus of anthropological fieldwork among hackers and like-minded geeks has led me to the firm conviction that these people are building one of the most vibrant civil liberties movements we’ve ever seen
Kim Dotcom Defends Aaron Swartz [Video]
Aaron Swartz became a political target, and that is what led to his tragic death, believes Kim Dotcom, the founder of the now-defunct file-storage site Megaupload, in a feature interview with RT
The War on Public Information…
WikiLeaks said that recently deceased Internet activist Aaron Swartz assisted the organization, was in contact with Julian Assange, and may have been one of the organization’s sources
Feds Hounded Aaron Swartz [Video]
Swartz helped create the web syndication process RSS, was important in the founding of the popular social media site Reddit, and instrumental in organizing the successful campaign against the Stop Online Privacy Act - SOPA
SOPA Activists Have a New Cause in the Wake of Aaron Swartz Death
A year ago Friday, an online grass-roots movement toppled Hollywood and routed Congress in the name of Internet freedom. They had no second act until last week…
The World Loses an Internet Pioneer…
Aaron Swartz, Reddit co-founder and pro-Wikileaks activist who originally launched the campaign against the SOPA bill has died from apparent ‘suicide’
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