MIT to Release Swartz Files

 

Aaron Swartz
Aaron Swartz

MIT to Release Swartz Files

MIT agrees to release redacted Aaron Swartz files – Salon.com

The president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology announced on Tuesday that the school will voluntarily release public documents related to the prosecution of the free-information activist Aaron Swartz, who killed himself in January as he faced trial on hacking charges.

The email announcement by MIT president L Rafael Reif came in response to a request on Friday by lawyers for Swartz’s estate to have the US district court in Boston make the documents public. The university has come under fire for what critics say is its compliance with federal prosecutors in the legal case against Swartz. Supporters of Swartz have painted him as a zealous advocate of public online access, a martyred hero hounded to his death by the government he antagonized.

MIT agrees to release redacted Aaron Swartz files – Salon.com

 

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