Person Details

Birthday: 1986-11-08 08:39:55

Death: 2011-01-11 08:39:55

Aliases: Aaron H. Swartz , Aaron Hillel Swartz

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Chicago, Illinois, USA

Homepage: http://www.aaronsw.com/

Movie Involvements: 1

TV Involvements: 1


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Biography

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".

Most Famous Work

The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz
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70 Years of Youth Revolt
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70 Years of Youth Revolt

(2020) Self (archive footage)

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