Aaron Swartz

Born: 1986-11-08

Aaron Hillel Swartz (November 8, 1986 – January 11, 2013) was an American computer programmer, entrepreneur, writer, political organizer and Internet hacktivist who was involved in the development of the web feedformat RSS and the Markdown publishing format, the organization Creative Commons, the website framework web.py and the social news site, Reddit, in which he became a partner after its merger with his company, Infogami. He committed suicide while under federal indictment for data-theft, a prosecution that was characterized by his family as being "the product of a criminal-justice system rife with intimidation and prosecutorial overreach".


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The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz

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Released: 2014-06-27

Programming prodigy and information activist Aaron Swartz achieved groundbreaking work in social...

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Killswitch

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Released: 2015-03-01

This Internet is under attack. Communications, culture, free speech, innovation, and democracy...

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Steal This Film II

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Released: 2007-12-28

These are strange times indeed. While they continue to command so much attention in the...

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Steal This Film

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Released: 2006-08-21

Steal This Film focuses on Pirate Bay founders Gottfrid Svartholm, Fredrik Neij and Peter Sunde,...

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Aardvark'd: 12 Weeks with Geeks

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Released: 2005-12-01

Four interns are brought into Manhattan and given 12 weeks to design, develop, debug and ship a...

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70 Years of Youth Revolt

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First aired: 2020-11-21

A look back at the social movements, revolts and youth subcultures from the post-war period to...

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