VIDEO: ‘Truth and Power’ Series Shows Ordinary People Flipping the Script on the Powers That Be
Unwilling to sit idly by as their privacy, civil liberties and safety are increasingly encroached upon, the subjects of Pivot's new "Truth and Power" series took action to expose those from the government and private sector who have far overstepped their bounds.Unwilling to sit idly by as their privacy, civil liberties and safety are increasingly encroached upon, the subjects of Pivot’s new “Truth and Power” series took action to expose those from the government and private sector who have far overstepped their bounds.
Award-winning filmmaker Brian Knappenberger (“The Internet’s Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz”) zooms in on the juncture between ordinary and extraordinary to tell the stories of everyday citizens taking critical matters into their own hands. “Truth and Power” kicks off its 10-episode run Jan. 22 at 10 p.m. ET/PT on Pivot.
Watch the trailer below (Pivot via TakePart):
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On Jan. 6, Brian Knappenberger, director of the buzz-magnet documentary "The Internet's Own Boy," sat down with Boing Boing's Xeni Jardin in Los Angeles at the Annenberg Space for Photography to talk about his iconic subject, Aaron Swartz, and the impact of his life's work and legacy.
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With his Mayday PAC, the Harvard legal scholar and civil libertarian has emerged as the chief executor of Aaron Swartz's vision of a free, creative and open America in the digital age.
A champion of the Internet and governmental reform is celebrated around the world Saturday. His suicide -- committed under a threat of prosecution -- did not end the fight for his causes.
A year-and-a-half after Swartz killed himself because of pressure from felonies he faced over alleged “cyber crimes,” the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act is set to give the government the power to collect and share content from emails, texts or other written communications without a warrant, ACLU adviser Gabe Rottman says.CISA is set to give the government the power to collect and share content from emails, texts or other written communications without a warrant, ACLU adviser Gabe Rottman says.
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