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"Aaron Swartz&amp;#039;s father has claimed that the US government and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) were responsible for his son&amp;#039;s death. The Reddit co-founder and internet freedom activist, who died from an apparent suicide earlier this week, was facing trial over allegations he hacked into academic papers from computers at MIT.  Aaron could have been imprisoned for up to 35 years and fined more than $1 million if found guilty, and his father Robert believes the way the case was handled contributed to his death. &amp;quot;He was killed by the government, and MIT betrayed all of its basic principles,&amp;quot; The Telegraph quotes Robert Swartz as saying. &amp;quot;He was hounded by the government, and MIT refused him.&amp;quot; Hacktivist group Anonymous hacked into at least two of MIT&amp;#039;s websites and left memorial messages to Aaron in the wake of his passing, also accusing the government of a &amp;quot;grotesque miscarriage of justice&amp;quot;. MIT has said that it will launch an investigation into its role in the prosecution of Aaron and his tragic death. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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