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Sep 24, 2024 | 
reason.org | Spence Purnell
Summary Florida Amendment 6 would repeal the state constitutional amendment providing public financing to candidates for the governorship and cabinet offices. Fiscal Impact Since 2010, Florida has collectively spent roughly $33 million on public campaign financing.
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Sep 24, 2024 | 
reason.org | Spence Purnell
Summary Florida Amendment 2 would guarantee that hunting, fishing, and wildlife taking, including traditional methods, remain preserved in the state constitution as public rights and preferred means of wildlife management. It would not prevent regulations on game seasons, bag limits, wildlife-taking methods, or the protection of certain species.
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Sep 4, 2024 | 
reason.org | Spence Purnell
On Aug. 5, U.S. District Judge Amit Meta released a Department of Justice (DOJ) against Google, which sets a dangerous precedent that could potentially hinder a common business practice in many industries, signaling a shift in antitrust policy that could negatively impact economic growth. The facts state that Google pays Apple roughly $20 billion per year to be the search engine default in Apple’s marquee browser, Safari.
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Aug 21, 2024 | 
aier.org | Spence Purnell
On August 5th, US District Judge Amit Meta released a Department of Justice (DOJ) against Google, which sets a dangerous precedent that could potentially hinder a common business practice in many industries, signaling a shift in antitrust policy that could negatively impact economic growth. The facts state that Google pays Apple roughly $20 billion per year to be the search engine default in Apple’s marquee browser, Safari.
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Aug 12, 2024 | 
reason.org | Spence Purnell
The right to freedom of speech remains intact on the internet after the Supreme Court’s recent ruling in Moody v. NetChoice, a case centered on the government’s authority to regulate social media companies’ content moderation decisions. The plaintiffs, a coalition of tech companies represented by NetChoice, challenged a Florida law prohibiting social media companies from de-platforming or moderating political candidates and regulating content moderation decisions.
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Aug 7, 2024 | 
reason.org | Spence Purnell
Earlier this week, a federal court ruled that Google maintains a monopoly in general search services through its exclusive distribution agreements which make it the default search engine on certain hardware and web browsers. A major portion of the court’s argument is that defaults effectively determine user behavior and that Google leverages this to trap users on Google and block competition.
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Jun 26, 2024 | 
reason.org | Spence Purnell
The recently American Privacy Rights Act, the latest in a series of bills to create a national standard for data privacy, contains some troubling provisions for the tech industry. It is vital to ensure individuals can protect sensitive personal information and easily learn how their data will be used if they choose to use a platform or service. Tech companies should do a better job with this on their own.
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May 22, 2024 | 
aier.org | Spence Purnell
In the famous Greek myth, Pandora, the first woman on Earth, is given a box by the gods and told to keep it closed no matter what. However, overcome by curiosity, she eventually succumbs and opens the box, releasing all the evils and miseries of the world into the human realm.
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Apr 5, 2024 | 
reason.org | Max Gulker |Richard Sill |Spence Purnell
A version of this comment was submitted to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration on March 26, 2024. Generative AI models entered widespread public awareness following the release of OpenAI’s first public version of ChatGPT in late 2022. Open-foundation AI models with publicly available weights, a particular category of generative AI model explained below, allow greater or full access to model inputs so that others may use them to customize or create applications.
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Mar 18, 2024 | 
reason.org | Spence Purnell
TikTok has become something of a cultural phenomenon, attracting millions of users worldwide with its short-form videos and diverse content. However, concerns over data privacy and national security resulted in the U.S. House of Representatives recently passing a bill that would force TikTok’s Chinese-based parent company, ByteDance, to divest TikTok or remove the social media platform from app stores in the United States.
