MIT Report Faults Neutrality Toward Swartz in Internet Case
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The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, while maintaining a “neutral” stance toward the prosecution of Internet activist Aaron Swartz, failed to live up to its commitment to the free exchange of ideas, a report found.
MIT didn’t take into account that Swartz was a “well-known contributor to Internet technology,” according to today’s report, led by professor Hal Abelson. Swartz killed himself in January as he awaited trial on charges he broke into the school’s network to download millions of research articles.