6

Government Persecution, From Aaron Swartz to Bradley Manning

http://www.thenation.com

“Prosecutors destroy a life.” That could be a headline in every newspaper every day in a land where the answer to every problem (and many nonproblems) is police and prisons. When 26-year-old Internet prodigy and freedom of information activist Aaron Swartz committed suicide on January 11, the tragedy was the direct result of US attorneys deciding to throw criminal charges at him for violating a website’s “terms of services” while accessing publicly subsidized academic research. Swartz entered the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s open campus, accessed its open network and downloaded a few million academic articles owned by the digital library JSTOR, whose database contains content belonging to hundreds of publishers.

Read »
Jking8767's picture
Created by Jking8767 15 weeks 2 days ago – Made popular 15 weeks 2 days ago
Category: Disinformation, Lies & Propaganda   Tags:
  • Deslock Darkstar's picture
    Deslock Darkstar
  • Jking8767's picture
    Jking8767
  • R.U. Phree's picture
    R.U. Phree
  • Mattfree88's picture
    Mattfree88
  • snowdog2012's picture
    snowdog2012
  • thefatalepic's picture
    thefatalepic

Air Times & Contact

LIVE 7 Days a Week!
Mon-Sun: 7pm-10pm Eastern

Call toll-free:
1-855-450-FREE

You can also Skype us.

Free Talk Live 2.0

Welcome Free Talk Live 2.0!
 
You can login with your BBS username and password. Feel free to submit your favorite show prep suggestions, opinion pieces, video, audio, and questions here and vote up the entries you like! Here's a handy bookmarklet to make it easy.
 
Please report bugs here:Bugs.FreeTalkLive.com.

Who's online

There are currently 2 users and 53 guests online.

Online users

  • bobcat59glue
  • flax45jute

Recent comments

New forum topics