# Benjamin Swartz

> Aaron Hillel Swartz, also known as AaronSw, was an American computer programmer, entrepreneur, writer, political organizer, and Internet hacktivist. As a programmer, Swartz helped develop the web feed format RSS; the technical architecture for Creative Commons, an organization dedicated to creating copyright licenses; and the Python website framework web.py. Swartz helped define the syntax of the lightweight markup language format Markdown, and was a co-owner of the social news aggregation website Reddit and contributed to its development until he left the company in 2007. He is often credited as a martyr and a prodigy, and much of his work focused on civic awareness and progressive activism.

*American software engineer and activist*

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## Identity
- **Status:** unknown
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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## Fame
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## Sources
- [BenSw](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BenSw)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q130226784)

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