Famed Internet freedom activist Aaron Swartz dies at 26January 13, 2013 - 16:25 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Aaron Swartz, a celebrated internet freedom activist and early developer of the website Reddit, has died at 26, BBC News reported. The activist and programmer took his life in his New York apartment, a relative and the state medical examiner said. His body was found on Friday, Jan 11. Mr Swartz began computer programming as a child, and at 14 co-authored an early version of the RSS specification. Leading internet figures and friends paid tribute to Mr Swartz via tweets or blogs. After leaving Reddit, Mr Swartz became an advocate of internet freedom, and was facing hacking charges at the time of his death. He was among the founders of the Demand Progress campaign group, which lobbies against internet censorship. The hacking charges relate to the downloading of millions of academic papers from online archive JSTOR, which prosecutors say he intended to distribute for free. He denied charges of computer fraud at an initial hearing last year, but his federal trial was due to begin next month. Top stories Yerevan will host the 2024 edition of the World Congress On Information Technology (WCIT). Rustam Badasyan said due to the lack of such regulation, the state budget is deprived of VAT revenues. Krisp’s smart noise suppression tech silences ambient sounds and isolates your voice for calls. Gurgen Khachatryan claimed that the "illegalities have been taking place in 2020." Partner news Most popular in the section | Concept to complete Yerevan Cascade discussed at city hall A conceptual proposal to complete the Cascade complex in downtown Yerevan has been presented by Jean-Michel Wilmotte. Pashinyan visits flood-hit region Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Saturday, June 8 visited the disaster area in the Lori province. €3.5 mln EU grant to support justice reforms in Armenia The European Union has paid €3.5 mln grant to Armenia within a €11mln program on Support to Justice Reforms. Yerevan reacts to Baku’s proposal to see Minsk Group abolition Alen Simonyan has declared that Armenia is taking steps aimed at concluding a peace treaty with Azerbaijan. |