Upping the “Ante” on Competition Regulation: Gambling with the Future of Big Tech?

Policymakers, regulators, and commentators alike have criticized antitrust enforcers’ attempts at constraining “Big Tech” as excessively lenient and far too slow. This perceived failure, along with widespread declarations of certain platforms’ incontestable dominance, have led to calls for a revamped approach to competition in digital markets, including expansive new regulatory structures like the European Union’s Digital Markets Act (“DMA”). But attempts to clip the wings of large