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Aaron Swartz
Aaron Swartz, according to John Naughton was an "internet activist who paid the ultimate price for his combination of genius and conscience".[1]
Activities
At the age of 14, having dropped out of school, Swartz helped create the RSS news syndication specification.
Aged 19, he co-programmed Reddit, which was sold to Condé Nast in In , he co-wrote the Guerilla Open Access Manifesto, which called for activists to "liberate" information locked up by corporations or publishers. In , at the age of 23, he co-founded Demand Progress, an online advocacy group that successfully campaigned against internet censorship bills and attracted more than a million members.
He was also developer of SecureDrop, an encrypted submission system suitable for whistleblower information operated over the Tor network. By 24, Swartz was a Harvard research fellow conducting studies on political corruption."[2]
Hacking charge
In he "was facing potential jail time for hacking