Aaron Swartz – The European Union Times ⚡ Shocking Hidden News Reports ⚡ https://www.eutimes.net We deliver exclusive hidden news that you won't just find anywhere, information that nobody wants you to know about. Updated 1 minute ago. Wed, 12 Feb 2014 00:58:15 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 Thousands of websites protest surveillance, honor Aaron Swartz https://www.eutimes.net/2014/02/thousands-of-websites-protest-surveillance-honor-aaron-swartz/ https://www.eutimes.net/2014/02/thousands-of-websites-protest-surveillance-honor-aaron-swartz/#respond Tue, 11 Feb 2014 22:49:26 +0000 http://www.eutimes.net/?p=31193 More than 6,000 websites, including Reddit, Tumblr, Mozilla, are taking part in an online protest against government surveillance. The action marks two years since website blackouts against SOPA and PIPA and commemorates Aaron Swartz’s death. The February 11 online protest, going by the title ‘The Day We Fight Back’, is supposed to see around 6, […]

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]]> https://www.eutimes.net/2014/02/thousands-of-websites-protest-surveillance-honor-aaron-swartz/feed/ 0 Reddit, Mozilla, rights groups to protest surveillance for Aaron Swartz https://www.eutimes.net/2014/01/reddit-mozilla-rights-groups-to-protest-surveillance-for-aaron-swartz/ https://www.eutimes.net/2014/01/reddit-mozilla-rights-groups-to-protest-surveillance-for-aaron-swartz/#respond Tue, 14 Jan 2014 12:56:09 +0000 http://www.eutimes.net/?p=30840 On February 11, a broad coalition of internet-involved organizations will go online to protest massive electronic surveillance by various governments. The action hopes to repeat the successful beating of SOPA/PIPA bills in 2012. The protest was announced on the anniversary of Aaron Swartz’s suicide and is dedicated to his memory. The software engineer and online […]

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]]> https://www.eutimes.net/2014/01/reddit-mozilla-rights-groups-to-protest-surveillance-for-aaron-swartz/feed/ 0 White House refuses to answer to ‘We the People’ petitions https://www.eutimes.net/2014/01/white-house-refuses-to-answer-to-we-the-people-petitions/ https://www.eutimes.net/2014/01/white-house-refuses-to-answer-to-we-the-people-petitions/#comments Mon, 06 Jan 2014 18:40:34 +0000 http://www.eutimes.net/?p=30724 The Obama administration has touted the White House website’s ‘We the People’ section as a powerful platform for the American public to petition their government. According to a new report, however, those solicitations are all too rarely acknowledged. “When I ran for this office, I pledged to make government more open and accountable to its […]

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]]> https://www.eutimes.net/2014/01/white-house-refuses-to-answer-to-we-the-people-petitions/feed/ 2 CISPA, worse than SOPA, resurrected from the dead https://www.eutimes.net/2013/02/cispa-worse-than-sopa-resurrected-from-the-dead/ https://www.eutimes.net/2013/02/cispa-worse-than-sopa-resurrected-from-the-dead/#respond Thu, 14 Feb 2013 22:55:36 +0000 http://www.eutimes.net/?p=26071 The two US lawmakers responsible for last year’s failed cybersecurity bill known as CISPA are reintroducing the act, and renewed interest from Washington means it might have a fighting chance this time at being signed into law. Less than ten months after the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act stalled on Capitol Hill after being […]

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]]> https://www.eutimes.net/2013/02/cispa-worse-than-sopa-resurrected-from-the-dead/feed/ 0 Top lawmakers demand answers on Aaron Swartz prosecution https://www.eutimes.net/2013/01/top-lawmakers-demand-answers-on-aaron-swartz-prosecution/ https://www.eutimes.net/2013/01/top-lawmakers-demand-answers-on-aaron-swartz-prosecution/#comments Wed, 30 Jan 2013 08:49:14 +0000 http://www.eutimes.net/?p=25820 The top Republican and top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee sent a joint letter late Monday to Attorney General Eric Holder posing pointed questions about the prosecution of Internet pioneer and political activist Aaron Swartz. Swartz committed suicide this month after fighting federal hacking charges for two years. The letter from Issa and Cummings […]

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]]> https://www.eutimes.net/2013/01/top-lawmakers-demand-answers-on-aaron-swartz-prosecution/feed/ 1 Kim Dotcom wants to encrypt half of the internet to end government surveillance https://www.eutimes.net/2013/01/kim-dotcom-wants-to-encrypt-half-of-the-internet-to-end-government-surveillance/ https://www.eutimes.net/2013/01/kim-dotcom-wants-to-encrypt-half-of-the-internet-to-end-government-surveillance/#respond Fri, 25 Jan 2013 13:33:18 +0000 http://www.eutimes.net/?p=25708 In an in-depth interview, Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom discusses the investigation against his now-defunct file-storage site, his possible extradition to the US, the future of Internet freedoms and his latest project Mega with RT’s Andrew Blake. The United States government says that Dotcom, a German millionaire formerly known as Kim Schmitz, masterminded a vast criminal […]

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]]> https://www.eutimes.net/2013/01/kim-dotcom-wants-to-encrypt-half-of-the-internet-to-end-government-surveillance/feed/ 0 Aaron Swartz stopped SOPA, his persecution political - Kim Dotcom https://www.eutimes.net/2013/01/aaron-swartz-stopped-sopa-his-persecution-political-kim-dotcom/ https://www.eutimes.net/2013/01/aaron-swartz-stopped-sopa-his-persecution-political-kim-dotcom/#respond Thu, 24 Jan 2013 14:48:44 +0000 http://www.eutimes.net/?p=25686 Aaron Swartz became a political target, and that is what led to his tragic death, believes Kim Dotcom, the founder of the now-defunct file-storage site Megaupload, in a feature interview with RT. The web tycoon has just launched a new site Mega. “There is no reasonable cause behind going after a young genius like him […]

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]]> https://www.eutimes.net/2013/01/aaron-swartz-stopped-sopa-his-persecution-political-kim-dotcom/feed/ 0 The overzealous prosecution of Aaron Swartz https://www.eutimes.net/2013/01/the-overzealous-prosecution-of-aaron-swartz/ https://www.eutimes.net/2013/01/the-overzealous-prosecution-of-aaron-swartz/#comments Mon, 21 Jan 2013 12:57:44 +0000 http://www.eutimes.net/?p=25636 The tragic suicide last week of Aaron Swartz, the visionary Internet activist who helped create Reddit, is being blamed in part on the zeal of the U.S. attorney whose office was prosecuting him for supposed computer crimes. Professor Lawrence Lessig of Harvard Law School described his close friend Swartz as having been “driven to the […]

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]]> https://www.eutimes.net/2013/01/the-overzealous-prosecution-of-aaron-swartz/feed/ 1 MIT begins probe into US activist Aaron Swartz's death https://www.eutimes.net/2013/01/mit-begins-probe-into-us-activist-aaron-swartzs-death/ https://www.eutimes.net/2013/01/mit-begins-probe-into-us-activist-aaron-swartzs-death/#comments Tue, 15 Jan 2013 22:26:34 +0000 http://www.eutimes.net/?p=25524 The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has launched an inquiry into the recent death of a US internet activist, who was critical of US President Barack Obama’s so-called kill list. On Sunday, Leo Rafael Reif, the president of the MIT, called on Engineering Professor Hal Abelson to lead a “thorough analysis” of MIT’s potential involvement […]

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]]> https://www.eutimes.net/2013/01/mit-begins-probe-into-us-activist-aaron-swartzs-death/feed/ 1 Obama Regime Orders Computer Genius Aaron Swartz Suicided https://www.eutimes.net/2013/01/obama-regime-orders-computer-genius-aaron-swartz-suicided/ https://www.eutimes.net/2013/01/obama-regime-orders-computer-genius-aaron-swartz-suicided/#comments Sun, 13 Jan 2013 13:38:31 +0000 http://www.eutimes.net/?p=25488 A new Foreign Military Intelligence Main Directorate (GRU) report circulating in the Kremlin today is saying that one of the United States top computer geniuses, named Aaron Swartz (1986-2013) [photo right], was, “in all probability,” suicided by forces loyal to the Obama regime seeking to “set an example” for other dissident forces opposed to the […]

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