By Invitation | Policing tech giants

A whack-a-mole approach to big tech won’t do, says Europe’s antitrust chief

Margrethe Vestager insists that openness need not come at the expense of security 

Illustration: Dan Williams

AS DIGITISATION HAS progressed, we have seen power become increasingly concentrated in the hands of a small number of companies, much like the period that spawned the first antitrust laws in the late 19th century. Digital markets are particularly susceptible to concentration.

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