The concentration of private power in the digital realm is not tenable – on this there is transatlantic consensus. But how to regulate forms of power like power over markets or over opinion? Though there is no transatlantic consensus on suitable solutions, clear trends towards regulatory intervention are visible. With the Digital Services Act (DSA) and the Digital Markets Act (DMA) the European Commission published in December 2020 two legislative proposals that represent landmark pieces of digital policy this legislature.
On the occasion of the proposals, the Institute is joining Verfassungsblog to host an Online Symposium on the topic “To Break Up or Regulate Big Tech? Avenues to Constrain Private Power in the DSA/DMA Package“. In 15 blog posts, a diverse field of scholars discusses different facets of the topic. The contributions address a wider audience and will be published successively on the website of Verfassungsblog beginning on August 30.
All blog posts can be found here.