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Study: 300,000 examples of hate speech found on Finnish sites

Regional and Local Authorities

City councillor: Somali community Covid-19 infections "a class issue"

Meta Platforms

300,000 in Finland quit Facebook this year, expert tells paper

City of Espoo (Administration)

Espoo named "most intelligent community in the world"

Data Mining

STT: Nearly 20K Finnish users part of unauthorised Facebook data drop to Cambridge Analytica

Meta Platforms

Nordea bans investment funds from buying Facebook shares

Young people

Gutsy Go wins 1.5m prize for youth community work

Computer and Data Security Crime

Police increasingly in need of foreign co-op to solve cyber crimes

Meta Platforms

Watch: Finnish lumberjacks charm with their log rolling antics

Do it yourself

Finland’s first Summer Knit Festival takes place in Jyväskylä

Mohamed El-Fatatry

Netizen Mo: Documenting a very private crisis

Micro Blogging

Sexual harassment topic ignites social media debate

Matchmaking Software

Finnish residents prefer Tinder to hookup and find love

Human migration

Iraqis on Facebook warn compatriots against coming to Finland

Kouvola Sub-Region

Anti-multicultural group uses symbol without permission – City says no

Web Administration

Webmaster claims pro-Russia trolls stalk Finland's biggest Russian forum

Tax Crime

Anonymous tax evasion report form causes Facebook furore

Micro Blogging

"Twitter expert" on Stubb: His boundless optimism is slightly worrying

Micro Blogging

Twitter a new forum for political elites to converse, say researchers

Ethnic Affiliation

Police monitor social media for anti-immigrant sentiment following Oulu murders

Meta Platforms

Finns favour Facebook

Statistics Finland

Women and girls more avid users of social media

Nature Photographing

Northern nature catapults amateur shutterbugs into global fame

Micro Blogging

Finnish foreign minister falls foul of Twitter hoaxster

Micro Blogging

New EU Vice Commissioner Jyrki Katainen tests out Twitter

Meta Platforms

A break from Facebook: "Phone detoxing" on the rise

Meta Platforms

Facebook buys Finnish startup

Finnish Sámi Youth Organization

Finnish Sámi join UN Forum on Indigenous Issues

Advertising Buyers

Tax authorities tighten rules on bloggers

Pielisen Karjala Sub-Region

Police probe apparent anti-immigrant Facebook page in Lieksa

Wikipedia

Wikipedia appeal ruled illegal—but Finnish police take no action

Wikipedia

Finnish police examine Wikipedia’s fundraising activities

Meta Platforms

Kotka Facebook group supports singles under pressure

Edward Snowden

Wikileaks: Snowden seeks asylum in Finland

Child Abuse

Justice Minister: No sex offender registry needed

Event

Restaurant Day celebrates Finland’s growing culinary diversity

Broadcasting companies

Yle offers multimedia news in English

Tax Officials

Timebanking spreads -- but is it legal?

Micro Blogging

Census reveals number of Finnish Tweeters

Micro Blogging

Pope's announcement sparks Twitter joke fest

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