Colin Crowell 🔵🦉
@colinc.bsky.social
Global Managing Director The Blue Owl Group 🔵🦉 https://blueowlgrp.com Former VP, Global Public Policy @Twitter Ex-Capitol Hill, ex-FCC tech policy staff Citizen of Red Sox Nation ⚾️ Go Boston College 🦅 Celtics ☘️ 🇺🇸🇮🇪
This week marks three decades since #Section230 became law🏛️ 🎉🎂Here is my first-hand account of how it became law, which i wrote on the 25th anniversary of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 colincrowell.medium.com/reflections-... #TechPolicy #CDA230
Reflections on the 25th Anniversary of the Telecommunications Act of 1996
Part III — “Section 230”
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Can the U.S. Congress do for AI policy🤖 what it did for the early Internet? Shared my reflections on the 30th anniversary of the law that built the Internet here👇 www.blueowlgrp.com/latest/the-l... #Section230 #ERATE #CDA230
The Law That Built the Internet at 30 — The Blue Owl Group
The Law That Built the Internet at 30
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New "Winging It" podcast: @nxthompson.bsky.social, CEO of @theatlantic.com, on how discovering his potential as a distance runner in his 40s changed how he thinks about limits — & how that discipline shapes his approach to leadership in the AI era🤖 🎙️Listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/3vlQ...
I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered. He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here : www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
Opinion | Jamal Khashoggi: What the Arab world needs most is free expression
The Arab world needs a modern version of the old transnational media so citizens can be informed about global events.
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A reminder that seven years ago almost to the day, the CIA determined that Mohammed Bin Salman ordered the killing of @washingtonpost.com journalist Jamal Khashoggi. I hired and worked with Jamal for a year. www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
CIA concludes Saudi crown prince ordered Jamal Khashoggi’s assassination
Audio recordings, intercepted phone calls and other intelligence link Mohammed bin Salman to killing that Saudis say was conducted by rogue elements.
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The new global disorder, emerging rivalries, & the values shaping the future — explored in our latest #WingingIt episode with Ambassador @mcfaulmike.bsky.social 🎧 Listen and join the conversation! open.spotify.com/episode/5OM0...
Autocrats vs. Democrats: Ambassador Michael McFaul on the New Global Disorder
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It was a delight to have you! Great insights! Let’s do it again sometime 🙏
Michael McFaul@mcfaulmike.bsky.social · 9mo agoReally enjoyed this conversation! Thanks Colin for having me.
The story of how I first joined Twitter (on Hillary Clinton’s advice) and why Russia once felt more open to tech & social media under Medvedev than it does under Putin. Clip from my appearance on the Winging It podcast with @colinc.bsky.social. Full episode here: open.spotify.com/episode/5OM0...
🎙️New Winging It podcast episode from is out - here's our latest convo with @mcfaulmike.bsky.social - former U.S. Amb to Russia, Stanford professor, & author of the new book "Autocrats vs. Democrats: China, Russia, America, and the New Global Disorder." 🎧 Link here: open.spotify.com/episode/5OM0...
🎧 New on Winging It: I talk with Prof Tim Wu @superwuster.bsky.social, author of the new book "The Age of Extraction" — how the Internet went from great promise to an extraction dynamic, what it means for #AI policy, & how to build a fairer digital economy.🤖 Link: open.spotify.com/episode/0ZL5...
What matters most as we create the next wave of AI? 🤔 Our Managing Director, @colinc.bsky.social, drops by with a #PerchTake fresh from San Francisco: Are we ready to build AI governance frameworks that serve public interest? The conversation is just getting started 👀👇
“To live entirely in the present, to be alive to the sounds and smells and people of each passing moment — this was the joy of the road.” - from “Between the Woods and the Water” by Patrick Leigh Fermor
share of americans who think zelenskyy is serious about wanting a peace deal: 53% share who say the same thing about putin: 11% -yougov
Where does Europe stand in 2025? And what’s next? On Wednesday 10 September, President @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu will reflect on the past year, current challenges for our Union, outline priorities and announce initiatives for the future. ℹ️ europa.eu/!YmtfQB #SOTEU
🚀🎙️ New Winging It Episode: AI & Bitcoin, Unplugged! We sat down with Core Scientific's Chief Development Officer. From rising to the top, through bankruptcy and rebirth, Core Scientific is now powering the future of AI and digital currency. Listen in 🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/2Ofw...
Training AI and Mining Bitcoin: Inside the Data Center Revolution with Core Scientific's Russell Cann
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Today’s Supreme Court opinion upholding my E-Rate program is a major victory for students and teachers across the country. Because every student, no matter their zip code, deserves access to the internet.
“The Giants also took on the remainder of Devers’s contract, approximately $237.7 million through 2033” 🧐 www.bostonglobe.com/2025/06/15/s...
Red Sox trade Rafael Devers to Giants in stunning blockbuster - The Boston Globe
The Red Sox are trading their three-time All-Star and face of the franchise for a package of players including righthanded pitcher Jordan Hicks.
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I sat down with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Brody Mullins for our latest episode of the "Winging It" podcast 🔵🦉🎙️ Brody is the co-author of "The Wolves of K Street" and offers an unvarnished look at the forces shaping US democracy. Please give it a listen: open.spotify.com/episode/69Wo...
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Looking for a podcast for the weekend? Consider giving a listen to one The… | Colin Crowell
Looking for a podcast for the weekend? Consider giving a listen to one The Blue Owl Group's "Winging It" episodes 🔵🦉. Choose from a variety of interviews, including with - 🔵 Cecilia Ka...
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It was a delight to chat with @nytceciliakang.bsky.social on the latest episode of the @blueowlgroup.bsky.social “Winging It” podcast. Cecilia and I discussed her career journey as well as her insights on tech policy, AI, and journalism. Hope you give a listen 🙏 🔵🦉 open.spotify.com/episode/5g2s...
Looking at recent #elections in #Canada 🇨🇦 and #Australia 🇦🇺 -- it is difficult to think of other elections outside the U.S. that have been influenced so significantly by current political leadership in the U.S. 🇺🇸, and in ways unintended by that leadership. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/04/w...
What Effect Did Trump Have on Australia’s Election?
The global turmoil wreaked by President Trump’s policies made him a factor in the election, bolstering the re-election of Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.
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🔴 ÚLTIMA HORA | El novelista peruano Mario Vargas Llosa, de 89 años, ha fallecido este domingo en Lima. El premio Nobel de literatura pasará a la historia como un extraordinario narrador y un influyente intelectual elpais.com/cultura/2025-04...
Muere Mario Vargas Llosa, gigante de las letras universales
El escritor hispano peruano, premio Nobel de Literatura en 2010, fue autor de obras maestras como ‘Conversación en la catedral’
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In this edition of @blueowlgroup.bsky.socials "Winging It" podcast, Senior Advisors @chch.bsky.social Carlos Cortés and Andrea Barenque discuss the complex challenges of tech policymaking in Latin America. This "Charlas con Charli" version is w/Spanish subtitles. 🔵🦉🇨🇴🇲🇽🤖 youtu.be/51UOAVD3HTc?...
IA y política digital en América Latina. Con Andrea Barenque y Colin Crowell | CH#83
YouTube video by Charlas con Charli
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Rending of garments? “For Democrats, the result is a jolt of momentum. They have been engaged in a coast-to-coast rhetorical rending of garments since Mr. Trump returned to the White House in January…” 🗳️🇺🇸 www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/u...
Susan Crawford Wins Wisconsin Supreme Court Election, Despite Elon Musk’s Millions
Susan Crawford defeated Brad Schimel for a State Supreme Court seat in a race that shattered spending records and maintained a liberal majority on the court.
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Wonderful list here in time for National Poetry Month theatln.tc/OgU7ySeF @theatlantic.com I can vouch for “Faithful and Virtuous Night” by Louise Glück, and “Nox” by Anne Carson. Look forward to diving into some of the others on this list 📚🙏
The Best American Poetry of the 21st Century (So Far)
The 25 most consequential collections from the past 25 years
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Wonderful list here in time for National Poetry Month theatln.tc/OgU7ySeF @theatlantic.com I can vouch for “Faithful and Virtuous Night” by Louise Glück, and “Nox” by Anne Carson. Look forward to diving into some of the others on this list 📚🙏
The Best American Poetry of the 21st Century (So Far)
The 25 most consequential collections from the past 25 years
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