http://dx.doi.org/10.59704/6162c06c70bb5540 https://verfassungsblog.de/protecting-democracy-in-the-digital-era/ Protecting Democracy in the Digital Era - What Can Competition Law Contribute? Robertson, Viktoria H.S.E. eng 2025-01-19 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Competition Law democracy DSA Musk Plutocracy Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 At the dawn of 2025, liberal democracy is faced with a considerable challenge: Big Tech bosses appear to leverage their market power for far-reaching political influence, without any democratic legitimisation to do so. As someone working on issues of market power in the digital economy, one cannot help but wonder: shouldn’t competition law be able to contain (some of) this unseeming wielding of market power?