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Aaron Swartz

August 2016

  • E James Ford as Billy in Private Manning Goes to Washington at the Space at Niddry Street, Edinburgh.

    Edinburgh 2016: Private Manning Goes to Washington review – an urgent, thoughtful whistleblower drama

    Intertwining the stories of Chelsea Manning and hactivist Aaron Swartz, this fascinating, busy play meditates on knowledge, privacy and and power

February 2015

  • John Naughton

    The networker
    Aaron Swartz stood up for freedom and fairness – and was hounded to his death

    John Naughton
    The internet activist who paid the ultimate price for his combination of genius and conscience

August 2014

  • The Internet's Own Boy

    The Internet's Own Boy review – an engaging and moving documentary

    A well-constructed telling of the life, prosecution and death of US hacktivist Aaron Swartz, writes Mark Kermode

June 2014

  • SecureDrop

    Guardian launches SecureDrop system for whistleblowers to share files

    SecureDrop platform allows sources to submit documents and data while avoiding most common forms of online tracking

February 2014

  • lock keyboard

    Snowden made cyber-geek nightmares true. Can 'private' be normal again?

    Dan Gillmor in San Francisco
  • The Don't Spy On Us homepage

    Remembering Aaron Swartz: the open web icon

January 2014

  • The Raid 2

    Sundance film festival 2014: The Raid 2; The Voices; The Internet's Own Boy – video

    Xan Brooks and Henry Barnes report from day six of the Sundance film festival

  • New Hampshire rebellion cronyism

    I served my country in uniform. I won't stand by and watch corruption ruin it

    Michael McCarthy

    Michael McCarthy: I joined Lawrence Lessig and others in the New Hampshire Rebellion walk to remember Aaron Swartz and stop corruption

  • Aaron Swartz, internet activist

    Hacking of MIT website marks first anniversary of Aaron Swartz's death

    Defiant message left on Massachusetts Institute of Technology webpage a year after internet activist took own life while awaiting trial for 'hacking'

August 2013

  • print internet goldsmith

    Internet exhibition uses crowdsourcing to honour memory of web activist

  • Aaron Swartz

    US government releases first hundred pages of Aaron Swartz file

July 2013

  • Aaron Swartz

    Aaron Swartz report from MIT fails to assuage family's criticism of university

  • Aaron Swartz, internet activist

    MIT did not target Aaron Swartz before federal prosecution, review finds

June 2013

  • Aaron Swartz, internet activist

    Aaron Swartz: hacker, genius… martyr?

    Aaron Swartz campaigned for a free and open internet. But after he fell foul of US authorities, he took his own life. His former girlfriend tells Elizabeth Day of her anger at his treatment

May 2013

  • New Yorker Strongbox

    Strongbox: New Yorker's salvo in the 'war between data capture and privacy'

    New open-source drop box for leaked documents created by Aaron Swartz launches, provides 'secure route' for sources

April 2013

  • Brewster Kahle, Internet Archive founder

    Brewster's trillions: Internet Archive strives to keep web history alive

    Priceless hoard of bytes aims to save websites which could otherwise be lost – all from suburban San Francisco

March 2013

  • The internet activist Aaron Swartz

    Dan Gillmor column
    Is the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act the 'worst law in technology'?

    Dan Gillmor
  • Aaron Swartz

    MIT agrees to release Aaron Swartz documents – with redactions

  • Eric Holder, US attorney general

    Eric Holder defends Aaron Swartz hacking prosecution

  • Taren Stinebrickner-Kauffman

    Aaron Swartz's partner accuses US of delaying investigation into prosecution

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