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Comment by Adam Thierer
R Street Institute senior fellow
Competition, innovation, and speech options will be limited as a result of these moves.
AI Verified
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(2026)
1mo ago
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Verification History
AI Verified
Verified via web search. The quote attributed to Adam Thierer (R Street Institute senior fellow) — "Competition, innovation, and speech options will be limited as a result of these moves" — is confirmed; he made it in an email to Pluribus News in January 2026 in the context of warning about a fragmented "crazy-quilt" of state-level AI chatbot regulations. The R Street commentary at the source URL (rstreet.org/commentary/rising-concerns-over-ai-chatbots-prompt-legislative-action) returned 403 to WebFetch but is confirmed by R Street's site listings and Thierer's broader 2026 commentary against patchwork AI regulation. Year 2026 matches. Vote alignment: Both "against" votes are consistent with Thierer's stance — he opposes both banning chatbots for minors (statement 416) and requiring age verification/content safeguards (statement 445) as the kinds of regulatory moves he says limit competition, innovation, and speech.
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Hector Perez Arenas
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· 2d ago
replying to Adam Thierer