Aaron Swartz
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Aaron Swartz was a progressive activist who co-founded Demand Progress with David Segal. He committed suicide in 2013 after facing federal charges for hacking digital library JSTOR.
Bio at Demand Progress
Aaron Swartz's bio on Demand Progress as of 2011:
- Aaron Swartz - Executive Director. Aaron Swartz is the founder and executive director of Demand Progress. He previously co-founded the Progress Change Campaign Committee, watchdog.net, Open Library, Jottit, and Reddit.com.He is also on the board of Change Congress and a fellow at theCenter for Ethics at Harvard University. He is co-author of the RSS 1.0 specification and helped launch Creative Commons. He currently lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts].
Slate Profile
Justin Peters of Slate profiled Aaron Swartz:[1]