Declan McCullagh writes at CNET News: "State prosecutors who investigated the late Aaron Swartz had planned to let him off with a stern warning, but federal prosecutor Carmen Ortiz took over and chose to make an example of the Internet activist, according to a report in Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly."
Aaron Swartz didn't face prison until Feds, led by Ortiz, jumped on case
The answer to the Clearview AI scandal is better privacy laws, not anti-scraping laws
Clearview AI (previously) is a grifty facial recognition company that sells untested, secretive tools to police departments, claiming that they can identify people from security camera footage by matching the… READ THE REST
Today is Aaron Swartz Day
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Facebook sues notorious spyware company NSO Group for 1,400 attacks on diplomats, journalists, dissidents, and government officials
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