11.02.2014 - 14:09 [ truthdig ]

Today Is ‘The Day We Fight Back’

Swartz, who is the subject of the new documentary (preview below), “The Internet’s Own Boy,” took his own life after the U.S. government and the justice department hounded him over downloading journal articles. Swartz was a genius who helped create Reddit, RSS and as an activist he sought to make the world and the Internet better and freer for all of us. This day is in his honor.