From AaronSwartzDay.com:<\/p>\n
Aaron Swartz Day was founded, in 2013, after the death of Aaron Swartz, with these combined goals: <\/p>\n
To draw attention to what happened to Aaron, in the hopes of stopping it from happening to anyone else.
\n – This includes clarifying that, although Aaron was a hacker, he didn’t hack MIT. <\/p>\n
To provide a yearly showcase of many of the projects that were started by Aaron before his death.
\n– SecureDrop
\n– Open Library <\/p>\n
To provide a yearly showcase of new projects that were directly inspired by Aaron and his work.<\/p>\n
A few Aaron-inspired examples from this year’s event include:<\/p>\n
– The Pursuance Project (by Barrett Brown & Steve Phillips)
\n – Open Archive (by Natalie Cadranel)
\n– Jason Leopold’s Freedom of Information Act Request (FOIA) activism (article from 2013)<\/p>\n
Happening right now is a livestream from 11 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. PST of “intimate virtual talks,” including a special presentation by members of Brazil’s Aaron Swartz Institute starting in just a few minutes. You can also playback video for talks that happened earlier today. <\/p>\n
Other speakers include:<\/p>\n
Scifi novelist\/technology activist Cory Doctorow (11 a.m.)Signal user support engineer\/project manager Riya Abraham (11:30 a.m.)EFF executive director Cindy Cohn (12)EFF Certbot director of engineering Alexis Hancock (12:20)Internet Archive’s Brewster Kahle (12:40)Anaconda CEO Peter Wang (1)The Freedom of the Press Foundation’s Kevin O’Gorman (speaking on SecureDrop at 1:30)<\/p>\n
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