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Aaron Swartz

1986-11-08 (38 years old) in Chicago, Illinois, USA

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".

Movies

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Killswitch
77 %|Mar 1, 2015
Documentary
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The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz
79 %|Jun 27, 2014
Documentary, Crime
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Steal This Film II
62.62 %|Dec 28, 2007
Documentary
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Steal This Film
56.17 %|Aug 21, 2006
Documentary
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Aardvark'd: 12 Weeks with Geeks
57 %|Dec 1, 2005
Documentary

Series

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70 Years of Youth Revolt
73 %|Nov 21, 2020
Documentary, War & Politics
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The Fortunate Pilgrim
50 %|Apr 3, 1988
Drama