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Damian Collins

@damiancollins.bsky.social
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Damian Collins OBE, former Member of Parliament for Folkestone and Hythe, former UK Tech minister and Digital, Culture, Media and Sport cttee chair. Festival Director, Fleet Street Festival of Words, and a visting Senior Fellow at McGill University.

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Damian Collins @damiancollins.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Come and join us tomorrow for a live recording of @thetimes.com The State of It podcast during the @fleetstquarter.bsky.social Festival of Words www.ticketsource.com/booking/sele...
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Alan Jagolinzer @jagolinzer.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Cambridge Disinformation Summit legislator discussion about manipulation of elections. Jake Shapiro, Princeton University (moderator) @damiancollins.bsky.social, Former UK MP @anneliesedoddsmp.bsky.social, UK MP @alexandrageese.eurosky.social, MEP www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlXn...
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Legislator discussion about manipulation of elections
YouTube video by Cambridge Disinformation Summit
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Cymdeithas Lloyd George/The Lloyd George Society @lloydgeorgesociety.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Just as a reminder @damiancollins.bsky.social and Richard Rhys O'Brien will be in conversation at the Fleet Street Quarter Festival of Words on 12/05/2026. Details below and tickets can be purchased from the Festival's website: emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...
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Damian Collins @damiancollins.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Want to know what keeps Donald Trump awake at night, find out at the @fleetstquarter.bsky.social Festival of Words at our special event on 7th May with @scaramucci.bsky.social and @christophersteele.bsky.social www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
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'What keeps Donald Trump awake at night?' Fleet St Festival of Words
Strikes, scandals, state secrets - there's a lot that could keep Donald Trump awake at night.
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PSDuffy @psduffy.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
My favourite new(ish) books that I read in 2025, Part 1 of 3. The Umbrella Murder by Ulrik Skotte The Peepshow by Kate Summerscale Patria by Laurence Blair Rivals in the Storm by @damiancollins.bsky.social
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Ben House @bbh74.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
Of the 42 books I read in 2025 these were my 4 favourites: 4 Rivals In The Storm - @damiancollins.bsky.social 3 Liverpool and the Unmaking of Britain - @samwetherell.bsky.social 2 Three Weeks in July - Adam Wishart & James Nally 1 The Traitors Circle - @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social #Booksky
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Damian Collins @damiancollins.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
Trump vs the BBC - Donald Trump has confirmed that he intends to bring a lawsuit for damages of between $1billion and $5billion against the BBC. The American President is making our national broadcaster the latest target in his war on accountable media. open.substack.com/pub/damianco...
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Trump vs the BBC
The American President makes our national broadcaster the latest target in his war on accountable media. This is why the BBC must apologise but stand firm against Trump.
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Damian Collins @damiancollins.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
I'm delighted to announce that from today I'll be working with Geradin Partners to lead their policy practice in London. They are the premier pan-European law firm for competition and digital regulation in major cases throughout the EU and the UK. www.geradinpartners.com/team/damian-...
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Damian Collins OBE - Geradin Partners
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Damian Collins @damiancollins.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
You could easily have missed the White House AI summit last week, where Donald Trump set out his plan to effectively make the race to be first in AI akin to the space race in the 1960s. Read my views here in my latest article for @thenewworldmag.bsky.social www.thenewworld.co.uk/damian-colli...
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Trump goes all in on AI
The technology firms of Silicon Valley want people to make way for AI by giving up control. That couldn’t be further from the European view
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Damian Collins @damiancollins.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Creators cannot enforce an opt out of their works being used to train AI unless they know it is happening. AI developers shouldn't be able to profit from that work without consent. You can read more here in my latest article for @thenewworldmag.bsky.social www.thenewworld.co.uk/damian-colli...
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We can't give AI everything for free
Big tech is ripping off Britain’s creators. It can’t be allowed a license to break the law
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Damian Collins @damiancollins.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
It's great to see our @fleetstquarter.bsky.social Festival of Words featured in @thetimess.bsky.social today. You can read the review here thetimes.com/article/0880... and book tickets at this link eventbrite.com/cc/fleet-str... - the festival dates at 14th to 17th May.
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The literary festival bringing words back to London’s ‘Street of Ink’
Fleet Street has been synonymous with publishing since the days of Samuel Johnson. A literary festival this month hopes to build on that heritage
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Damian Collins @damiancollins.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
The idea that digital regulation is an attack on free speech is a myth, largely perpetuated by allies of big tech. In @theneweuropean.bsky.social I set out why we must stand firm against attempts to use tariffs as a weapon against online safety. www.theneweuropean.co.uk/britain-must...
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Britain must not sell out Online Safety for tariff scraps
The idea that digital regulation is an attack on free speech is a myth, largely perpetuated by allies of big tech
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Damian Collins @damiancollins.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
As Festival Director its been a pleasure to work with @fleetstquarter.bsky.social to deliver the Fleet Street Festival of Words. It revives the spirit of Fleet Street as a place of news, ideas and stories that move people. Read more & book tickets here www.fleetstreetquarter.co.uk/festival-of-...
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FESTIVAL OF WORDS | Fleet Street Quarter
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Damian Collins @damiancollins.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
When the new Canadian House of Commons is elected in May, it would fantastic if The King could open the session, just as Queen Elizabeth II did in 1957 & 1977; symbolising our close bonds & reminding Donald Trump who Canada's Head of State actually is. www.theneweuropean.co.uk/damian-colli...
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A nation gripped by political horror
Canadians are aghast at what has happened to their neighbours, but this presents a perfect opportunity for Britain to strengthen old ties
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Damian Collins @damiancollins.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
J.D. Vance is wrong about free speech & tech regulation. One of the biggest dangers we face is the weaponisation of social media to flood the zone with lies & intimidation, in spaces where no-one is responsible. Also my column here on the Paris AI summit. www.theneweuropean.co.uk/damian-colli...
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What happened at the AI summit in Paris?
The debate over the future of the new technology was between the US and EU. The danger for Britain is that we begin to look irrelevant
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Damian Collins @damiancollins.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
I’m delighted to be working with the Fleet Street Quarter to create and launch the new Fleet Street Festival of Words; held in London’s historic centre for news, ideas and storytelling. You can read more here - www.fleetstreetquarter.co.uk/news/festiva...
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Damian Collins @damiancollins.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Great discussion this evening with Matthew D'Ancona and Matt Kelly for The Two Matts podcast. We covered alot of ground from the UK Online Safety Act, to AI, the Trump/tech bromance, the Conservative Party, and my biography of David Lloyd George. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d...
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Damian Collins on the future of British Conservatives and social media
Podcast Episode · The Two Matts · 02/03/2025 · 1h 12m
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Eduardo Ustaran @eustaran.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Not pulling any punches @damiancollins.bsky.social shares an incisive assessment of where US digital policy & regulation (or the lack of it) is likely to be heading over the next four years. A must read.
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Damian Collins @damiancollins.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
I've published a new article looking at the relationship between Donald Trump and big tech, and what that could mean for the policies of the new administration. You can read it here on my Substack damiancollins.substack.com/p/what-to-ex...
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What to expect from Trump’s techbromance
As Donald Trump prepares to start his second term as President, how will his new friendships with the leaders of Big Tech impact the policies of his administration
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Damian Collins @damiancollins.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
I'm delighted to announce that I've joined the Centre for Media, Technology and Democracy at McGill University as a Senior Fellow. I'll be working with the team there, both remotely and when possible in Canada. You can read more here www.mediatechdemocracy.com/all-work/dam...
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Damian Collins, Former UK Conservative Minister, Joins our Centre as a Senior Fellow — Centre for Media, Technology and Democracy
DEC. 13, 2024 – We’re pleased to welcome Damian Collins, OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) – a former Conservative Party politician from the UK and a leader in digital policy – as a Sen...
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Damian Collins @damiancollins.bsky.social · 27/03/2024
On 23 May this year my new book will be published by Bloomsbury. It is a biography of former Prime Minister, David Lloyd George, called ‘Rivals in the Storm, how Lloyd George seized power, won the war and lost his government’ You can read more about it here amzn.eu/d/6AtHxUl
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