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Home | ALL NEWS | WORLD | Internet Genius Suicide Shines New Light on Information Freedom

Internet Genius Suicide Shines New Light on Information Freedom

January 15, 2013 by DC Editors Leave a Comment

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Harvard Professor Lawrence Lessig with 13-yr-old Aaron Swartz
Harvard Professor Lawrence Lessig with 13-yr-old Aaron Swartz

Harvard Professor Lawrence Lessig with 13-yr-old Aaron Swartz: Internet Genius Suicide

HACKTIVISTS HAVE DEFACED the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) website after its president called for an internal investigation into what role it played in the prosecution of web activist Aaron Swartz. MIT president Rafael Reif revealed the investigation in an email to staff that he sent

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