The guy who founded Reddit is dead.

[Os Cangaceiros]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jan/12/aaron-swartz-heroism-suicide1

I had never heard of this guy before, but based on that obituary I'd say the world is a little worse off without him. RIP

[LeonJWilliams]

Internet freedom activist, you know if he is on trial by the US authorities because he believes in freedom of information he's a good guy.

[Igor]

Internet freedom activist, you know if he is on trial by the US authorities because he believes in freedom of information he's a good guy.

or a libertarian.

e: also, suicide at 26? shit, that's pretty sad in any case

[Red Banana]

They called it suicide, I'm not sure what to make of it. Whenever an activist dies unexpectedly like that you have to wonder...

[l'Enfermé]

I skimmed through an article about his "suicide" on some mainstream news source yesterday, I don't remember which, and there was nothing that even implied that he was an internet freedom activist, basically it gave the impression that he was engaged in some sort of corporate fraud and faced decades of prison so he killed himself.

Shit, that's American mainstream news for you.

[LeonJWilliams]

BBC calls him an activist. American media is crap.

[Art Vandelay]

He was attempting to distribute academic journals online for free, from what I can gather. He hung himself, RIP.