Competition law appears to be the only way to address these imbalances of power.

竞争法似乎是解决这些权力失衡的唯一途径。

But the case is about more than narrow competition law.

但此案不仅仅是关于狭义的竞争法。

Competition law as presently interpreted deals with financial disadvantage to consumers and this is not obvious when the users of these services don't pay for them.

竞争法按照目前的解释，只处理在经济上对消费者不利的问题，但当用户是免费用户时，竞争法就含糊不清了。

But challenged by the European Commission for breaking competition laws, it was also hit by the West's conflict with Russia over Ukraine.

但却遭到欧洲委员会的反对，理由是其违反了竞争法，也是因为西方国家与俄罗斯在乌克兰问题上的矛盾。

Yet the increasing power of large corporations makes proper enforcement of competition law essential.

然而，大型企业的不断增强的实力使得妥善执行竞争法律成为必要。

As a law professor, he eloquently explains how issues such as principal-agent problems, competition law and environmental and labour rights have cropped up throughout history.

作为一名法学教授，他雄辩地解释了委托代理问题、竞争法以及环境和劳工权利等问题是如何在历史上突然出现的。

Competition law as presently interpreted deals with financial disadvantage to consumers and this is not obvious when the users of these services don't pay for them. The users of their services are not their customers.

当前所阐释的竞争法应对的是消费者经济损失问题，而当这些服务的用户并不付费时，法律就不明确了。 使用数字巨头提供服务的用户并不是它们的客户。

Competition law appears to be the only way to address these imbalances of power. But it is clumsy. For one thing, it is very slow compared to the pace of change within the digital economy.

竞争法似乎是解决这些权力失衡问题的唯一方法。 但这种方式笨拙不堪。 一方面，相较于数字经济革新的步伐，法律的脚步太慢了。

And that power is only likely to intensify, leaving governments with no choice but to confront it head-on by taking the companies to court, passing new competition laws, and perhaps even breaking up the tech giants.

而且这种力量只可能越来越强，这让政府别无选择，只能借助将公司告上法庭、通过新的竞争法，甚或是拆分科技巨头来与其进行正面对抗。