Wednesday, October 21, 2015
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM (ET)
Evans Library 204, Link Multimedia Room, Evans Library
Event Type
Lecture/Seminar/Symposium
Contact
Linda Khan
7450
Department
Library
Link
https://events.fit.edu/MasterCalendar/EventDetails.aspx?EventDetailId=41797
About the Film:
The Internet’s Own Boy follows the story of programming prodigy and
information activist Aaron Swartz. From Swartz's help in the development of the
basic internet protocol RSS to his co-founding of Reddit, his fingerprints are
all over the internet. But it was Swartz's groundbreaking work in social
justice and political organizing combined with his aggressive approach to
information access that ensnared him in a two-year legal nightmare. It was a
battle that ended with the taking of his own life at the age of 26. Aaron's
story touched a nerve with people far beyond the online communities in which he
was a celebrity. This film is a personal story about what we lose when we are
tone deaf about technology and its relationship to our civil liberties.