Small businesses are already juggling rising costs and economic uncertainty. Navigating 20+ state data privacy laws shouldn’t be one more burden. It’s time for one clear national standard that protects consumers and enables #smallbiz to continue growing.

🕯️Meet Mikey Kim, founder of Hemlock Park. 🕯️. In 2020, like so many others, Mikey lost his job during the height of the pandemic. Stuck at home in a tiny LA apartment, he started making candles as a creative outlet, and let the spark for something bigger. What began as a side

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Policy decisions are being made that could change how small businesses reach customers and grow. Join us Tues, July 29 for a virtual workshop where we’ll break down what’s happening, what to watch, and how small businesses can engage in advocacy.

Major decisions are coming in the DOJ’s case against Google. #SmallBiz could lose access to affordable, effective digital tools if extreme remedies move forward. Here’s what’s at stake  ⤵️.

🇺🇸 This Independence Day, we're celebrating the spirit of small business. Bold, resilient, and essential to the American economy. 3C is proud to champion policies that help them grow and succeed.🇺🇸

Lawmakers should listen to the small businesses that power California’s economy, not make it harder for them to compete.

Yesterday, small business owners Todd Bailey (GreyDot Media) and Jerick Sobie (Lucky Feet Shoes) met with California legislators to speak out against #AB566 and #AB1018. If passed, these bills would restrict digital tools that help local businesses advertise, reach customers,

While the goal is greater privacy, the bill overlooks how it would cut off access to data that small businesses leverage to reach customers and grow. Learn more about how #AB566 and universal opt-outs could disrupt digital ads that help small businesses.

The California legislature is considering a bill that could unintentionally harm small businesses across the state. #AB566 would create a universal opt-out requiring web browsers to block all online data sharing with a single setting.

4/ Learn more about why #smallbiz need a federal data privacy law ⤵️.

3/ To support small businesses and promote innovation, Congress must act quickly to pass a comprehensive national data privacy law and a smart, forward-looking national AI law.

2/ Now, congressional inaction on AI is opening the door to the same outcome: a confusing patchwork of state-by-state AI rules.

🧵1/ Congress’ failure to pass a comprehensive national privacy law has led to a complex patchwork of contradictory state privacy laws — driving up compliance costs and creating legal risks for #smallbusinesses.

This bill would level the playing field by making it easier for small businesses to access the technology they need. Read our statement to learn more ⬇️.

Small businesses power the economy. They deserve legislation that keeps up. That’s why 3C supports the Small Business Technological Advancement Act, bipartisan legislation enabling small businesses to use SBA 7(a) loans to invest in digital tools they use to grow and compete.

👕 Meet Michael King II and Javonnia Jackson — the mother-son duo behind streetwear brand Michael Alexander Official! 👕. During the COVID-19 pandemic, then-high school senior Michael King II dreamed of starting a small business. His mom, Javonnia Jackson, supported him — and

After a brain injury, Katice Ramirez used AI tools to rebuild her life and grow her jewelry business, The Pearled Rose. Now she’s urging Congress to protect the digital tools that help #smallbiz grow & thrive. Read her op-ed in @KnoxNews for more ⬇️.

Proposed privacy rules by @CalPrivacy could raise costs for #smallbiz using AI tools to grow. In @thelasentinel, Gene Hale of the Greater LA African American Chamber of Commerce explains who would be hit hardest. Read it here to learn more ⬇️.

After two decades in corporate marketing, including leading a national beauty brand, Sherrel Sampson was ready to build something of her own. She wanted to use her experience and product innovation skills to create a haircare company with purpose. Sherrel started by listening —

Affordable AI tools help California #smallbiz grow & compete. However, #AB1018 would raise costs and create new hurdles at the worst time. Tell legislators: Oppose AB 1018 and keep AI tools affordable and accessible.