COLIN CROWELL
Twitter was taking much criticism because ISIS and other terrorist organizations were using their platform for propaganda, and recruiting. See {583142} for the message some authorities believed was being transmitted.
Colin Crowell (born 1965) is an American public policy expert in the telecommunications and Internet sector. He is the former Vice President of Global Public Policy and Philanthropy at Twitter. Crowell was the company's first public policy hire, brought on board to build out this function globally for the company. Prior to Twitter, Crowell worked for over two decades for then-Congressman, now Senator Ed Markey (D-Mass.). Senator Markey is the former House Chairman of the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet of the House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce. From 2009 to 2010, Crowell served as Senior Counselor to Julius Genachowski, the Chairman of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
