Today I feel compelled to talk about Aaron Swartz. In 2012 Aaron was instrumental in helping to defeat the SOPA and PIPA bills. The internet went black causing a titalwave of backlash so strong that the bill’s backers had to withdraw the legislation. Today we really need this kind of activism. We need people hammering the phones, turning their websites black more than ever. We have the far right willing push forward authoritarian agenda’s, that attempt to silence peoples speech, the people behind trump are using these powers to kill and stir up There are more abuses to people’s lives then ever. W we have technologies like AI and social media algorithms that manipulate people choices
posted in a comment to a hackernews post on 1/11/2026 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46576221
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