Dive Summary:
- A report by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology finds it committed no wrongdoing in the case of Internet activist Aaron Swartz, who killed himself while facing federal charges that he hacked into the university's computers.
- The report says the school did not seek prosecution, punishment or jail time, and did not oppose a plea bargain, the university's president says.
- Swartz, who helped develop the website Reddit and the technology RSS, was found dead in his apartment in January as he faced 13 felony counts connected to his downloading of millions of articles from an MIT database.
From the article:
... "Today's report was intended to provide closure for the MIT community regarding the overprosecution and tragic loss of Aaron Swartz. Instead, the report simply whitewashes MIT's role in Aaron's prosecution and revises history to protect MIT's image," said Demand Progress campaigner Charlie Furman. ...