"Aaron Swartz" news, interviews, and features

News about Aaron Swartz

• White House declines to act on petitions to fire Aaron Swartz prosecutors

  Petitions are not the right mechanism for dealing with government personnel issues, the White House says

• Reddit, Mozilla, EFF to hold day of protest, activism in memory of Aaron Swartz

• Advocacy groups plan day of protest against NSA surveillance

• Aaron's Law would revamp computer fraud penalties

  The new legislation would prevent prosecutors from targeting computer users for terms of service violations

• NetChoice: California privacy bills are bad for Internet

  The trade group also targets open-access research proposals and an Internet sales tax bill

• Court orders names to be withheld before release of Aaron Swartz records

  The estate of Aaron Swartz had argued that the personal information was important to the public's understanding of the investigation

Features about Aaron Swartz

• The end of an extraordinary life: Aaron Swartz

  He was extraordinarily smart, nice and dedicated to making the right things happen.