nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/bfcfcba054a11467 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 240715s2024||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/bfcfcba054a11467 doi eng 342 23 Phoa, Pauline Author aut Regulating the Discursive Power of Big Tech Companies Phoa, Pauline Verfassungsblog 2024-07-15 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier 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. CC BY-SA 4.0 Big Tech Competition Law Power Gerbrandy, Anna Author aut Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/regulating-the-discursive-power-of-big-tech-companies/ raw object