He fought and defeated SOPA, a law similar to CISPA which Congress just passed while we were all paying attention to the goings on in Boston.
Swartz was also a Harvard-recognized expert on institutional corruption. The Feds took over a minor case he was involved with and turned it into potential multi-decade prison sentence for him.
The claim is that he committed suicide in despair over the case. The reality is he was in a positive state of mind when he died and he was a fighter. So how did he really die? .... http://the-tap.blogspot.co.uk