AaronSwartz poses in a Borderland Books in San Francisco
on February 4, 2008. Internet activist and programmer Swartz, who helped create an early version of RSS
and later played a key role in stopping a controversial online piracy bill in
Congress, has died at age 26, an apparent suicide, New York authorities said
January 13, 2013.
(Noah Berger/Reuters)
'So much love for him on the Internet today, did he know?': Reaction to Aaron Swartz's death
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JILL MAHONEY
The Globe and Mail
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Internet activist Aaron Swartz died by suicide Friday night. His death triggered a wave of grief on Twitter and the creation of a tribute hashtag.
