Birdwatch Note Rating
2023-12-07 19:41:46 UTC - NOT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: F581691ADBD69E833750E6988D4BD38B6F71DBC11ABACEA83948239AA7A3ECE5
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Original Note:
JSTOR never filed a Civil suit against Swartz. They settled with him in return for him surrendering the stolen documents. https://web.archive.org/web/20130115024948/http://about.jstor.org/statement-swartz http://docs.jstor.org/jstor-statement-misuse-incident-and-criminal-case.html Swartz committed suicide after criminal charges were pressed against him by the US government, which JSTOR had no part in creating or advocating for. https://web.archive.org/web/20130115071200/https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/12/aaron-swartz_n_2463726.html
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