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Many small businesses survived COVID-19.They might not survive Congress.

As Congress considers sweeping antitrust legislation to forcibly intervene in the digital economy, digitally-powered small businesses from around the country are making their voices heard.

There are so many choices for small businesses with digital advertising and marketing... I am concerned this won’t always be the case if Congress doesn't understand what it is doing to small businesses.

- Feliciano Zavala
Peninsula Party Rentals, Palo Alto, CA
Read Feliciano's op-ed:
My Bay Area business survived COVID-19 but might not survive Congress

Digital tools helped us build and then save our business. As Congress considers legislation that would undoubtedly raise our costs and impair our ability to use digital tools, they must think about how it all impacts small businesses.

- Josenny Tineo and Michelle Peralta
Josie and Michelle Events, New York, NY
Read their op-ed:
Congress should not pass new digital regulations that will hurt small businesses

Congress must know that regulating the digital economy will have consequences far beyond Big Tech. They need to ensure that small businesses that rely on digital platforms are not collateral damage in their war on these companies.

- Frank DiCarlantonio
Scafidi Restaurant Group, Steubenville, OH
Read Frank's op-ed:
Don’t make my business collateral damage in Congress’ war against Big Tech

Congress: don’t dismantle small businesses’ digital safety net

Some lawmakers are ignoring the millions of small businesses that use free and innovative tools and services supported by American technology platforms that may be collateral damage if overregulation makes digital tools more expensive or less effective.

SC small business owner believes big tech can benefit entrepreneurs

Harold Hughes
Bandwagon Fan Club, Greenville, SC

My Bay Area business survived COVID-19 but might not survive Congress

Feliciano Zavala
Peninsula Party Rentals, Palo Alto, CA

Congress should not pass new digital regulations that will hurt small businesses

Josenny Tineo and Michelle Peralta
Josie and Michelle Events, New York, NY

New “Big Tech” Regulations Could Crush Startups

Donald Boone
BoxedUp, Seattle, WA

Don’t make my business collateral damage in Congress’ war against Big Tech

Frank DiCarlantonio
Scafidi Restaurant Group, Steubenville, OH

For Colorado’s small businesses, the COVID-19 pandemic is the wrong time to rein in Big Tech

Jim Dorkins
Doc Goodbeard, Denver, CO

Congress, don’t hurt Memphis startups and small businesses with over-regulation

Amber Hayes
SecondKeys, Memphis, TN

Congress should listen to small businesses before enacting new tech regulations

Ryan Berry
Berry Digital Solutions, West Liberty, OH

Digital tools unlock a world of opportunities for women in business Tech is key for entrepreneurs' growth

Jes Averhart
Reinvention Roadmap, Charlotte, NC

As Congress takes on big tech, it must remember small business

Tim Murphy
Minneapolis, MN

Big-tech regulation may hurt some small businesses

Chris Lewis
Evergreen, CO

Here are some real-life small business impacts of the "big is bad" legislation:

1.
Could outlaw platforms’ ability to elevate their own services and products over similar ones provided by competitors, forcing Google Search to ban Google Business Profiles, Google Maps, and YouTube videos in search results, though these are tools that small businesses utilize for their business and are able to keep updated efficiently for free.
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May force platforms to end free services and increase prices of today’s affordable digital tools, resulting in less accessible and more expensive tools and services, and creating costs and difficulties for small businesses trying to reach new customers.
3.
May force Amazon Marketplace to become a separate company, thereby losing the efficiencies and savings for third-party sellers and driving up costs for warehousing and shipping.
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May force Facebook to spin off Instagram as an independent company where small businesses would lose the benefits of platform integration and access to capital.
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Would force Amazon, Google and Facebook to remove data from their systems whenever a customer requests, thereby diminishing the quality of search results and targeted advertising and making it harder for small businesses to get noticed by consumers.