Miikka Hiltunen
@miikkamh.bsky.social
PhD Candidate, Faculty of Law, University of Helsinki. EU law - Online platforms
Publications: https://researchportal.helsinki.fi/en/persons/miikka-hiltunen/publications/
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Publications: https://researchportal.helsinki.fi/en/persons/miikka-hiltunen/publications/
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Miikka Hiltunen
@miikkamh.bsky.social
· Dec 16
On First View: @miikkamh.bsky.social would like to see a little less 'gap' research into the European digital economy, and more attention to the structuring role of law in the current grotesque conditions.
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Exploring the legal making of the European digital economy | European Law Open | Cambridge Core
Exploring the legal making of the European digital economy
www.cambridge.org
My new paper on the legal making of the European digital economy is out today on First View in the always insightful European Law Open! 💫 What a wonderful way to close this personally fulfilling and eventful year 😊 (even though, globally, the year's been very bleak...)
I’m thrilled to share that my new article, “Platforms, Digital Single Market, and the Hope of Trust: Online Platform Imaginaries of the European Commission,” has now been published in @transnationallt.bsky.social. 💫
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Platforms, Digital Single Market, and the hope of trust: online platform imaginaries of the European Commission
The article studies how the European Commission’s imagination of online platforms has evolved as a part of its imagining of the European digital future in the last two decades. Based on an interpre...
www.tandfonline.com
October 28, 2025 at 1:57 PM
I’m thrilled to share that my new article, “Platforms, Digital Single Market, and the Hope of Trust: Online Platform Imaginaries of the European Commission,” has now been published in @transnationallt.bsky.social. 💫
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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new article in @europeanlawopen.bsky.social on the concept of systemic risks in the DSA. what does it mean that we think of all kinds of social issues linked to online platforms as 'risks' to be managed? find out this way: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Governing platforms through corporate risk management: the politics of systemic risk in the Digital Services Act | European Law Open | Cambridge Core
Governing platforms through corporate risk management: the politics of systemic risk in the Digital Services Act
www.cambridge.org
June 4, 2025 at 7:51 AM
new article in @europeanlawopen.bsky.social on the concept of systemic risks in the DSA. what does it mean that we think of all kinds of social issues linked to online platforms as 'risks' to be managed? find out this way: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Yey, including also my latest piece on exploring the legal making of European digital economy 🌟
February 12, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Yey, including also my latest piece on exploring the legal making of European digital economy 🌟
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Many congratulations to @miikkamh.bsky.social and Päivi Leino-Sandberg for being awarded the prize for the 'best referee article published in Lakimies in 2024' for on 'The four regulatory frameworks of online targeted political advertising in European law', based on the Norface Indigo project.
January 21, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Many congratulations to @miikkamh.bsky.social and Päivi Leino-Sandberg for being awarded the prize for the 'best referee article published in Lakimies in 2024' for on 'The four regulatory frameworks of online targeted political advertising in European law', based on the Norface Indigo project.
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Thank you all for joining the book launch of 'The Dynamics of Powers in the European Union' co-edited by Päivi L-S, Christina Eckes and Anna Wallerman. And thanks to the great discussants @jekantol.bsky.social , @pekkapohjankoski.bsky.social, @manuelmueller.foederalist.eu, Joni Heliskoski.
January 15, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Thank you all for joining the book launch of 'The Dynamics of Powers in the European Union' co-edited by Päivi L-S, Christina Eckes and Anna Wallerman. And thanks to the great discussants @jekantol.bsky.social , @pekkapohjankoski.bsky.social, @manuelmueller.foederalist.eu, Joni Heliskoski.
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Last Friday, I successfully defended my doctoral thesis on migration management and refugee struggles at the EU external borders!
My heartfelt gratitude to my opponent @myrmek.bsky.social who raised important and critical questions & my supervisors @panuminkkinen.bsky.social and Dr Päivi Neuvonen.
My heartfelt gratitude to my opponent @myrmek.bsky.social who raised important and critical questions & my supervisors @panuminkkinen.bsky.social and Dr Päivi Neuvonen.
January 13, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Last Friday, I successfully defended my doctoral thesis on migration management and refugee struggles at the EU external borders!
My heartfelt gratitude to my opponent @myrmek.bsky.social who raised important and critical questions & my supervisors @panuminkkinen.bsky.social and Dr Päivi Neuvonen.
My heartfelt gratitude to my opponent @myrmek.bsky.social who raised important and critical questions & my supervisors @panuminkkinen.bsky.social and Dr Päivi Neuvonen.
Oh what a super interesting article just dropped on First View @europeanlawopen.bsky.social by @dionkramer.bsky.social on rental housing platforms and European internal market/integration!
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Airbnb, the city, and the drive for European integration | European Law Open | Cambridge Core
Airbnb, the city, and the drive for European integration
www.cambridge.org
January 9, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Oh what a super interesting article just dropped on First View @europeanlawopen.bsky.social by @dionkramer.bsky.social on rental housing platforms and European internal market/integration!
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Montako uutista olette nähneet nostettavan BlueSky- tai Mastodon-postauksista?
Suomalainen media kannustaa käymään yhteiskunnallista keskustelua erityisesti X:ssä ja Metan alustoilla, ja se on ongelma.
www.suomenmaa.fi/uutiset/vihr...
Suomalainen media kannustaa käymään yhteiskunnallista keskustelua erityisesti X:ssä ja Metan alustoilla, ja se on ongelma.
www.suomenmaa.fi/uutiset/vihr...
Vihreiden Harjanne kritisoi suomalaismedian uutislähteitä – "Kilpaileviakin alustoja on" - Suomenmaa.fi
Vihreiden kansanedustaja Atte Harjanne katsoo, että suomalainen media ”pönkittää tahtomattaan Elon Muskin ja...
www.suomenmaa.fi
January 9, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Montako uutista olette nähneet nostettavan BlueSky- tai Mastodon-postauksista?
Suomalainen media kannustaa käymään yhteiskunnallista keskustelua erityisesti X:ssä ja Metan alustoilla, ja se on ongelma.
www.suomenmaa.fi/uutiset/vihr...
Suomalainen media kannustaa käymään yhteiskunnallista keskustelua erityisesti X:ssä ja Metan alustoilla, ja se on ongelma.
www.suomenmaa.fi/uutiset/vihr...
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I spent a year observing the quantum technologies standardisation landscape (so you don't have to) and next week (Tuesday 14th Jan) I will be sharing some of my findings and experience. Register here in case of interest: www.ivir.nl/events/where...
January 7, 2025 at 9:22 AM
I spent a year observing the quantum technologies standardisation landscape (so you don't have to) and next week (Tuesday 14th Jan) I will be sharing some of my findings and experience. Register here in case of interest: www.ivir.nl/events/where...
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Speaking of which: as @petroster.bsky.social puts it, 'Digital Constitutionalism falsely implies the absence of law rather than its presence – or indeed irrelevance – as major causes of this ‘constitutional crisis’.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Against digital constitutionalism | European Law Open | Cambridge Core
Against digital constitutionalism - Volume 3 Issue 2
www.cambridge.org
December 17, 2024 at 10:35 AM
Speaking of which: as @petroster.bsky.social puts it, 'Digital Constitutionalism falsely implies the absence of law rather than its presence – or indeed irrelevance – as major causes of this ‘constitutional crisis’.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
My new paper on the legal making of the European digital economy is out today on First View in the always insightful European Law Open! 💫 What a wonderful way to close this personally fulfilling and eventful year 😊 (even though, globally, the year's been very bleak...)
On First View: @miikkamh.bsky.social would like to see a little less 'gap' research into the European digital economy, and more attention to the structuring role of law in the current grotesque conditions.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Exploring the legal making of the European digital economy | European Law Open | Cambridge Core
Exploring the legal making of the European digital economy
www.cambridge.org
December 16, 2024 at 1:38 PM
My new paper on the legal making of the European digital economy is out today on First View in the always insightful European Law Open! 💫 What a wonderful way to close this personally fulfilling and eventful year 😊 (even though, globally, the year's been very bleak...)
Reposted by Miikka Hiltunen
I just know this is going to be great 🔥
On First View: @miikkamh.bsky.social would like to see a little less 'gap' research into the European digital economy, and more attention to the structuring role of law in the current grotesque conditions.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Exploring the legal making of the European digital economy | European Law Open | Cambridge Core
Exploring the legal making of the European digital economy
www.cambridge.org
December 16, 2024 at 11:35 AM
I just know this is going to be great 🔥
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Now I made it! The starter pack you've been looking for: Critical legal scholars, broadly understood - Marxist, LPE, postcolonial, TWAIL, feminist, queer approaches, etc., to law. I'll keep adding names, so feel free to tell me if you (or others) should be there (or shouldn't).
go.bsky.app/Jm6c1nb
go.bsky.app/Jm6c1nb
November 13, 2024 at 7:32 PM
Now I made it! The starter pack you've been looking for: Critical legal scholars, broadly understood - Marxist, LPE, postcolonial, TWAIL, feminist, queer approaches, etc., to law. I'll keep adding names, so feel free to tell me if you (or others) should be there (or shouldn't).
go.bsky.app/Jm6c1nb
go.bsky.app/Jm6c1nb
I wrote a brief op-ed on whether Europe should aim for its own digital corporate "champions," and it's now out in the always insightful Internet Policy Review. 💫
policyreview.info/articles/new...
policyreview.info/articles/new...
June 4, 2024 at 11:48 AM
I wrote a brief op-ed on whether Europe should aim for its own digital corporate "champions," and it's now out in the always insightful Internet Policy Review. 💫
policyreview.info/articles/new...
policyreview.info/articles/new...
A bit of something in Finnish as well. Kirjoitin kautensa päättävän komission ihmiskeskeisen digitalisaation projektista Johanna Kantolan ja Anna Elomäen toimittamaan EU-vaalit ja unionin suunta -juttusarjaan Politiikasta-lehdessä. politiikasta.fi/eu-vaalit-ja...
EU-vaalit ja unionin suunta: Ihmiskeskeinen digitalisaatio – Politiikasta
Ihmiskeskeinen digitalisaatio oli yksi nykyisen komission tärkeimpiä hankkeita. Suuri määrä uutta sääntelyä on kauden päättyessä hyväksytty unionissa, mutta uuden komission harteille jää vielä paljon ...
politiikasta.fi
April 12, 2024 at 7:36 AM
A bit of something in Finnish as well. Kirjoitin kautensa päättävän komission ihmiskeskeisen digitalisaation projektista Johanna Kantolan ja Anna Elomäen toimittamaan EU-vaalit ja unionin suunta -juttusarjaan Politiikasta-lehdessä. politiikasta.fi/eu-vaalit-ja...
EU-komission ja -parlamentin kausien tullessa päätökseen kävin juttelemassa unionin digisääntelyn tavoitteista ja keinoista @mattiylonen.bsky.social kanssa Alustojen valta -podcastissa. Käykääpä kuuntelemassa! open.spotify.com/episode/2nbH...
Alustajättejä suitsimassa: Miikka Hiltunen ja EU:n sääntelyvalta
Listen to this episode from Alustojen valta on Spotify. Tuotantokautensa aikana tämä podcast on tarkastellut digitaalisten alustajättien vallan eri ulottuvuuksia lukuisista näkökulmista aina lainopill...
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March 19, 2024 at 12:37 PM
EU-komission ja -parlamentin kausien tullessa päätökseen kävin juttelemassa unionin digisääntelyn tavoitteista ja keinoista @mattiylonen.bsky.social kanssa Alustojen valta -podcastissa. Käykääpä kuuntelemassa! open.spotify.com/episode/2nbH...
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Many governments want to install 'backdoors' into encrypted messenger services like WhatsApp, Signal, or Telegram.
The ECtHR now ruled against such backdoors.
ERIK TUCHTFELD with an analysis: verfassungsblog.de/no-backdoor-...
The ECtHR now ruled against such backdoors.
ERIK TUCHTFELD with an analysis: verfassungsblog.de/no-backdoor-...
February 29, 2024 at 7:52 AM
Many governments want to install 'backdoors' into encrypted messenger services like WhatsApp, Signal, or Telegram.
The ECtHR now ruled against such backdoors.
ERIK TUCHTFELD with an analysis: verfassungsblog.de/no-backdoor-...
The ECtHR now ruled against such backdoors.
ERIK TUCHTFELD with an analysis: verfassungsblog.de/no-backdoor-...
Just FYI: at the top of my upcoming book list right now www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...
The Ordinal Society — Harvard University Press
A sweeping critique of how digital capitalism is reformatting our world.We now live in an “ordinal society.” Nearly every aspect of our lives is measured, ranked, and processed into discrete, standard...
www.hup.harvard.edu
February 23, 2024 at 8:01 AM
Just FYI: at the top of my upcoming book list right now www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...
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Today we open an investigation into TikTok over suspected breach of transparency & obligations to protect minors:
📱Addictive design & screen time limits
🕳️ Rabbit hole effect
🔞 Age verification
🔐 Default privacy settings
Enforcing DSA for safer Internet for youngsters
📱Addictive design & screen time limits
🕳️ Rabbit hole effect
🔞 Age verification
🔐 Default privacy settings
Enforcing DSA for safer Internet for youngsters
February 19, 2024 at 11:01 AM
Today we open an investigation into TikTok over suspected breach of transparency & obligations to protect minors:
📱Addictive design & screen time limits
🕳️ Rabbit hole effect
🔞 Age verification
🔐 Default privacy settings
Enforcing DSA for safer Internet for youngsters
📱Addictive design & screen time limits
🕳️ Rabbit hole effect
🔞 Age verification
🔐 Default privacy settings
Enforcing DSA for safer Internet for youngsters
Reposted by Miikka Hiltunen
Been there ....
December 14, 2023 at 9:57 AM
Been there ....
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🌍Join us for Jan Klabbers' presentation on "The Business of International Organizations" 📚
🗓️ November 30
🕒 15:30 - 17:30
📍 Faculty of Law, Maastricht Uni, Room C0.308 / Zoom
For more info and to register, visit➡️https://www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/events/lecture-business-international-organizations
🗓️ November 30
🕒 15:30 - 17:30
📍 Faculty of Law, Maastricht Uni, Room C0.308 / Zoom
For more info and to register, visit➡️https://www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/events/lecture-business-international-organizations
November 27, 2023 at 8:52 AM
🌍Join us for Jan Klabbers' presentation on "The Business of International Organizations" 📚
🗓️ November 30
🕒 15:30 - 17:30
📍 Faculty of Law, Maastricht Uni, Room C0.308 / Zoom
For more info and to register, visit➡️https://www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/events/lecture-business-international-organizations
🗓️ November 30
🕒 15:30 - 17:30
📍 Faculty of Law, Maastricht Uni, Room C0.308 / Zoom
For more info and to register, visit➡️https://www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/events/lecture-business-international-organizations
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new paper just dropped 🥳🥳 I am incredibly excited to share this, it's probably my favourite thing that I've written
doi.org/10.26116/tec...
doi.org/10.26116/tec...
The Law and Political Economy of Online Visibility: Market Justice in the Digital Services Act
The paper critically assesses the regulation of social media recommendations in the EU’s 2022 Digital Services Act (DSA), drawing on Sarah Banet-Weiser’s economies of visibility theory. Banet-Weis...
doi.org
October 25, 2023 at 3:10 PM
new paper just dropped 🥳🥳 I am incredibly excited to share this, it's probably my favourite thing that I've written
doi.org/10.26116/tec...
doi.org/10.26116/tec...
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🔥🔥 call for papers 🔥 🔥
calling all ECRs working on tech law & related topics: sciences po law & tech group is hosting the next Junges Digitales Recht conference on the 6-7 June 2024 and it promises to be unmissable
details here! 👉 www.sciencespo.fr/ecole-droit/...
reposts much appreciated 🙏
calling all ECRs working on tech law & related topics: sciences po law & tech group is hosting the next Junges Digitales Recht conference on the 6-7 June 2024 and it promises to be unmissable
details here! 👉 www.sciencespo.fr/ecole-droit/...
reposts much appreciated 🙏
Young Digital Law Conference 2024: Conflicts & Communities in Digital Law
Call for papers (The deadline for submissions is the 19th January 2024)
www.sciencespo.fr
October 24, 2023 at 10:38 AM
🔥🔥 call for papers 🔥 🔥
calling all ECRs working on tech law & related topics: sciences po law & tech group is hosting the next Junges Digitales Recht conference on the 6-7 June 2024 and it promises to be unmissable
details here! 👉 www.sciencespo.fr/ecole-droit/...
reposts much appreciated 🙏
calling all ECRs working on tech law & related topics: sciences po law & tech group is hosting the next Junges Digitales Recht conference on the 6-7 June 2024 and it promises to be unmissable
details here! 👉 www.sciencespo.fr/ecole-droit/...
reposts much appreciated 🙏
Just so that my profile is not blank, my PhD research investigates the EU's efforts to "rein in Big Tech" through law. I'm interested in digital policy and regulation, political economy, and inequalities among others. Posting mostly to share my research activities.
October 20, 2023 at 3:06 PM
Just so that my profile is not blank, my PhD research investigates the EU's efforts to "rein in Big Tech" through law. I'm interested in digital policy and regulation, political economy, and inequalities among others. Posting mostly to share my research activities.