26-year-old internet activist Aaron Swartz—who was facing 13 federal charges, along with a potential $1 million fine and 35 years in prison—committed suicide. Federal prosecutors had charged ...

In January, a celebrated Internet activist, Aaron Swartz, committed suicide. Swartz, who had long battled depression, was being prosecuted for downloading – or stealing – 4.8 million academic ...

The suicide of 26-year-old Aaron Swartz has spurred calls to reform the federal anti-hacking law used to prosecute him for illegally downloading millions of academic articles at the MIT campus.