http://dx.doi.org/10.59704/bfcfcba054a11467 https://verfassungsblog.de/regulating-the-discursive-power-of-big-tech-companies/ Regulating the Discursive Power of Big Tech Companies Phoa, Pauline Gerbrandy, Anna eng 2024-07-15 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Big Tech Competition Law Power Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 Big Tech companies have power. One element of this power is discursive power, including in the public sphere, a cornerstone of democratic societies. In the current digitalized society, the public sphere has a significant online component. Discursive power may continue to grow, fuelled by AI developments, unless checked. To shape a possible legal response – we focus on European competition law – requires understanding the complexity of this power. Though competition law is focused on market power, we argue that it can and should have a role to play in curbing discursive power too, despite some inherent limitations.