In an attempt to explain the inexplicable death of Internet activist Aaron Swartz, some of the country's best journalists, most outspoken activists, and his closest friends have devoted thousands upon ...

When Aaron Swartz committed suicide in early 2013 at the age of 26, the Internet mourned the loss of a monumental figure. Swartz was instrumental in creating essential Internet tools such as RSS and ...

The recent suicide of 26-year-old computer whiz, Internet activist and hacker Aaron Swartz, who was facing federal prosecution for illicit use of online data, has given new passion to the debate about ...

Aaron Swartz killed himself while awaiting trial in January of this year for downloading millions of articles from an MIT service called JSTOR—a paid searchable database of academic articles—and ...

Recorded on January 18, 2013. Andrew Keen talks to author and Harvard Business school, James Allworth, about the Aaron Swartz case and how his death has exposed the severe penalties associated with ...

BOSTON (CBS/AP) — The Massachusetts Institute of Technology didn't seek federal prosecution against free-information activist Aaron Swartz and remained neutral throughout the case, according to an ...